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The Landmark Tower in Baku. © Google Maps

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AZERBAIJAN 23/09/2022

From the Hyatt to the Landmark: hotels of choice of financiers on Azerbaijani oil and gas quest

AFGHANISTAN UNITED KINGDOM 22/09/2022

Opcit Research to serve as UN terrorism look-out in Afghanistan

With high-level diplomatic meetings in full swing in Central Asia, and Afghanistan one of the main subjects of discussion, the UN has called in one of its regular contractors to help it gain a better understanding of the area. [...]

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES 21/09/2022

US DoJ seeks to call counterintelligence expert in Tom Barrack UAE influence case

Businessman Tom Barrack is accused of acting as an agent of influence on behalf of Abu Dhabi with Donald Trump. © Justin Lane/EPA/MaxPPP

AFGHANISTAN UNITED STATES 20/09/2022

Massoud hires consultant to drum up US support for Afghan National Resistance Front

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. © Eyepress via Reuters Connect

SAUDI ARABIA 20/09/2022

Saudi Arabian security and cybersecurity firm Viso Group has connections in London and the Hague

The firm, founded in 2020, has landed Saudi Arabia's Neom smart city project as a client, thanks to the pedigree of its management and advisers. [...]

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GERMANY IRAQ 15/09/2022

Monarch well placed for contract to audit future new elections in Iraq

With Iraq still without a government, German company Monarch has already been able to carry out a real-life test of its democracy protection service. The privately owned group carried out physical and cyber security audits during the country's last parliamentary elections. [...]

FRANCE GREECE LEBANON UNITED KINGDOM 14/09/2022

Iskandar Safa faces British Navy's former First Sea Lord in Greek arbitration

Hearings between the Greek state and the Franco-Lebanese businessman are expected to resume next month. To boost its defence, Athens has an ace up its sleeve in the person of former Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy turned consultant, George Zambellas. [...]

The French-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa.

SpotlightGREECE INDIA ISRAEL 08/09/2022

Interception specialists Intellexa and Cleartrail use their Signal capabilities as a sales argument

Although Whatsapp has long been the main target of the cyber-infiltration specialists, secure communications app Signal is now getting increasing attention from companies in the sector. [...]

UNITED STATES IRAQ 05/09/2022

Baghdad hires Vinson&Elkins to defend oil interests in Washington

Texas-based Vinson & Elkins, an energy sector international arbitration specialist, is helping the Central Iraqi state get its position across to the State Department while awaiting a ruling in its oil arbitration case against Turkey. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 02/09/2022

Attias pushes business involvement in 6th Future Investment Initiative

The next Future Investment Initiative, or "Davos in the Desert", will take place this October in Riyadh. Event organiser Richard Attias & Associates is trying to bring in companies able to help crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud realise his big development projects. [...]

PAKISTAN UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM 31/08/2022

Ukraine corporate intelligence firm Cosa sets up shop in Islamabad

Cosa Solutions, a Kyiv-based corporate intelligence firm, is extending its operations into South Asia with the imminent opening of an office in Pakistan and the recruitment of local business and diplomatic figures. [...]

UNITED STATES LEBANON 30/08/2022

Spymaster Abbas Ibrahim suffers further setback in US over Fakhoury affair Free

A US court has denied a request from Lebanon's intelligence chief Abbas Ibrahim to withdraw the paragraph incriminating him in a complaint filed by the family of Amer al-Fakhoury. This makes his relations with Washington all the more awkward, despite him having some well-placed supporters there. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 29/08/2022

Boston Consulting Group to promote Saudi bid to host 2030 FIFA World Cup

Boston Consulting Group has won a new contract to promote Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Steering the contract will be French diplomat-turned-consultant Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, a man with many connections in Riyadh. [...]

Maurice Gourdault-Montagne has joined the Paris office of Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Spy Way Of Life BAHRAIN UNITED KINGDOM 26/08/2022

Bahrain Rugby Club, a hub of British beer and influence in the Gulf

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores an institution inherited from the time of British presence in the country, the Bahrain Rugby Club. [...]

Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa with Bahrain Rugby Club players.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 24/08/2022

Dubai steps up anti-money laundering policy

The United Arab Emirates is working hard to make its tools compliant with the standards of the Financial Action Task Force, as it's still on the anti-money laundering institution's "grey list". Dubai's financial regulator has begun to take tougher action on companies that are slow to get on board. [...]

FRANCE MIDDLE EAST 23/08/2022

Global Diwan's annual forum on French Riviera to have Saudi focus

The Global Diwan business club's annual forum in Nice on 8 and 9 September will place a strong emphasis on Riyadh, with a large panel of political and business guests from the Middle East expected to attend. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 29/07/2022

Raedas tried to prove conflict of interest in Saudi arbitration case in Paris

The British corporate intelligence firm worked for the Saudi Arabian construction company STCL in an arbitration case brought by the Italian firm PRIDE. [...]

FRANCE IRAQ LEBANON SYRIA 26/07/2022

Amarante well placed for "failed states" Levant study contract

The international relations department of the French armed forces ministry, which likes to carry out long studies involving several outside contractors, has issued a tender call for a new study of three countries in the Levant region, which it describes without qualms as "failed states". [...]

LEBANON UNITED KINGDOM 25/07/2022

Ark Group wins British contract to support Lebanese Armed Forces

Ark Group is taking over the Lebanese Armed Forces National Security Assistance Programme, run for the past ten years by The Risk Advisory Group, amid growing insecurity in the country. [...]

FRANCE KUWAIT 19/07/2022

Paris and Kuwait City prepare launch of new business club

The French and Kuwaiti foreign ministers are bidding to boost bilateral relations with a new Franco-Kuwaiti business club. It's set to include the private equity firm Ardian and French organisations looking to become involved in Kuwait's economic future. [...]

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CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

From the Hyatt to the Landmark: hotels of choice of financiers on Azerbaijani oil and gas quest

Opcit Research to serve as UN terrorism look-out in Afghanistan

US DoJ seeks to call counterintelligence expert in Tom Barrack UAE influence case

Massoud hires consultant to drum up US support for Afghan National Resistance Front

Saudi Arabian security and cybersecurity firm Viso Group has connections in London and the Hague

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Russian asset recovery agency comes into the US's firing line

Beijing's shadow hangs over Silk-Faw, the luxury car production mega-project

Ukraine aims to become independent in geospatial intelligence

Monarch well placed for contract to audit future new elections in Iraq

Iskandar Safa faces British Navy's former First Sea Lord in Greek arbitration

Interception specialists Intellexa and Cleartrail use their Signal capabilities as a sales argument

Baghdad hires Vinson&Elkins to defend oil interests in Washington

Attias pushes business involvement in 6th Future Investment Initiative

Ukraine corporate intelligence firm Cosa sets up shop in Islamabad

Spymaster Abbas Ibrahim suffers further setback in US over Fakhoury affair Free

Boston Consulting Group to promote Saudi bid to host 2030 FIFA World Cup

Bahrain Rugby Club, a hub of British beer and influence in the Gulf

Dubai steps up anti-money laundering policy

Global Diwan's annual forum on French Riviera to have Saudi focus

Raedas tried to prove conflict of interest in Saudi arbitration case in Paris

Amarante well placed for "failed states" Levant study contract

Ark Group wins British contract to support Lebanese Armed Forces

Paris and Kuwait City prepare launch of new business club

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