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South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

Head of a Singaporean commodities trading firm and well established in Ukraine, South Korean businessman Hyen Chung cuts an unusual figure among those targeted by Ukraine's recent sanctions.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 14.10.2021

United Kingdom
Oman's Thamer Al Shanfari probed by own ex-lawyers and Neotas

Thamer Al Shanfari, who was found guilty of contempt of court last month, found himself on the receiving end of private investigations commissioned by his former lawyer Hassan Khan, ironically given the Omani businessman's own penchant for corporate intelligence.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 13.10.2021

United Kingdom
Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

Hong Kong private investigation veteran Jason Wright is closing his firm Argo Associates to join K2 Integrity in London.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 12.10.2021

France
Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Founded in September with the blessing of the Agence du Numérique de Défense (AND), industry association Ginum is looking to promote French 'digital sovereignty' and influence the government's strategy. Its launch represents a new chapter in the influence wars surrounding France's sovereign cloud.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 12.10.2021

Ukraine
Odessa's port industries seek to navigate between oligarchs and private investors to survive

The chemical factories in the port of Odessa.© Yevgeni Volokin/Reuters

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 12.10.2021

Spotlight | Russia
Moscow shakes up soft power apparatus

Keen to bolster its cultural influence arsenal, the Russian foreign ministry is setting up a department to coordinate its various soft power policies and give a stronger terrain focus to the Rossotrudnichestvo, headed by Evgeni Primakov Jr.

Subscribers only Information Wars 11.10.2021

France
French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

Two years after joining the intelligence community's 'second circle', France's prison intelligence service, the SNRP, is in the market for data-gathering technology. However companies in the sector are not queuing up to work for it.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 11.10.2021

United Kingdom
Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services

Part of a major new UK Home Office international cooperation framework contract is devoted to training in intelligence techniques and human sources management. Specialist firms like Minerva, Pinpoint and Torchlight, all set up by former army officers, have been selected for the task.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 11.10.2021

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

After a big increase in funding for France's DGSE external intelligence service in 2021, it will be the turn of the DRSD, defence intelligence and security service, to receive substantial fresh funding for its major development projects in 2022.

Subscribers only Defence 11.10.2021

Spotlight | Russia, Vietnam
Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift

At a time when the Indo-Pacific is gaining strategic importance on the world stage, Russia's diplomatic and security apparatus is looking to lock down its political alliance and defence relationship with Vietnam, with the help of some key emissaries.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 08.10.2021

Russian foreign affairs minister Serguei Lavrov with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.

Ukraine
Chambers of commerce weigh up prospects for government's deoligarchisation drive

The government in Kyiv is keen to offer foreign investors a sound business environment in Ukraine. To achieve this, it is counting on the deoligarchisation law which has just been adopted by parliament despite growing opposition.

Free access Corporate Intel 08.10.2021

France, Russia
French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

A panel of pro-Russian historians and writers, including from France's far-right, were with Emmanuel Leroy for the recent launch of a new Franco-Russian initiative in Paris.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 08.10.2021

United Kingdom
New players in armed security set their sights on Africa with help from SAS veteran Blagbrough

Former SAS veteran Mark Blagbrough is advising the newly formed British company Vellichor, which is facing major challenges in Libya. At the same time, he is also offering advice to the equally new Acumen Intelligent Consulting, based in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.10.2021

France
Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Subjected to possible controls from France's anticorruption agency, the AFA, public institutions such as Paris La Défense are starting to hire private compliance consultants.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 07.10.2021

The business district of La Défense on the outskirts of Paris.

Europe
Ambitious Cy4gate appoints new management team in bid for market leadership

The Italian cyberintelligence company Cy4gate recently made official its plans to take over its rival RCS Lab and hired a new financial director who is experienced in mergers and acquisitions.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 07.10.2021

France, Poland
Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

In light of France's upcoming EU presidency, the consultancy FairValue is lobbying for renewed economic diplomacy between France and Poland. The two countries' employers' associations Medef and Lewiatan are on board the global initiative.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 07.10.2021

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

British anti-fraud data mining technology company Quantexa, whose advisory board includes a former MI5 chief, has gone from supplying the financial sector to picking up contracts with the PM's cabinet office - while securing support from the British government.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.10.2021

France
French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

The Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence report is set to be released this Tuesday. In particular, it will focus on the evolving terrorist threat and the ability of public services to adapt to the health crisis, and will have a particular emphasis on domestic intelligence.

Subscribers only Agencies 05.10.2021

Germany
German bug sweeper Albatross Projects wins business in US and China

A string of bug detector acquisitions has allowed German firm Albatross Projects to gain a worldwide presence in a field in which French specialists are beginning to band together.

Subscribers only Contractors 05.10.2021

Russia
Gennady Timchenko-Leonid Mikhelson's rock-solid alliance holds strong amid gas turmoil

With gas prices skyrocketing in Europe, Russian gas is going from strength to strength. Behind the success is the work of its well-connected entrepreneurs, not the least Gennady Timchenko and Leonid Mikhelson, whose business successes stretch from Kazan to the Artic.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 05.10.2021

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, chairman of the Board at Sibur Holding Dmitry Konov, chairman of the Board of Directors at TAIF Albert Shigabutdinov and Leonid Mikhelson, chairman of the Board of Directors at Sibur Holding, during a ceremony to sign an agreement on the merger between Sibur Holding and TAIF, at Kazan, 24 September.

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Ukraine
South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

United Kingdom
Oman's Thamer Al Shanfari probed by own ex-lawyers and Neotas

United Kingdom
Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

France
Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Ukraine
Odessa's port industries seek to navigate between oligarchs and private investors to survive

Spotlight | Russia
Moscow shakes up soft power apparatus

France
French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

United Kingdom
Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

Spotlight | Russia, Vietnam
Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift

Ukraine
Chambers of commerce weigh up prospects for government's deoligarchisation drive

France, Russia
French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

United Kingdom
New players in armed security set their sights on Africa with help from SAS veteran Blagbrough

France
Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Europe
Ambitious Cy4gate appoints new management team in bid for market leadership

France, Poland
Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

France
French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

Germany
German bug sweeper Albatross Projects wins business in US and China

Russia
Gennady Timchenko-Leonid Mikhelson's rock-solid alliance holds strong amid gas turmoil

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Ukraine South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

United Kingdom Oman's Thamer Al Shanfari probed by own ex-lawyers and Neotas

United Kingdom Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

France Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Ukraine Odessa's port industries seek to navigate between oligarchs and private investors to survive

Spotlight | Russia Moscow shakes up soft power apparatus

France French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

United Kingdom Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services

France Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

Spotlight | Russia, Vietnam Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift

Ukraine Chambers of commerce weigh up prospects for government's deoligarchisation drive

France, Russia French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

United Kingdom New players in armed security set their sights on Africa with help from SAS veteran Blagbrough

France Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Europe Ambitious Cy4gate appoints new management team in bid for market leadership

France, Poland Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

United Kingdom Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

France French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

Germany German bug sweeper Albatross Projects wins business in US and China

Russia Gennady Timchenko-Leonid Mikhelson's rock-solid alliance holds strong amid gas turmoil

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Ukraine
South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

United Kingdom
Oman's Thamer Al Shanfari probed by own ex-lawyers and Neotas

United Kingdom
Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

France
Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Ukraine
Odessa's port industries seek to navigate between oligarchs and private investors to survive

Spotlight | Russia
Moscow shakes up soft power apparatus

France
French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

United Kingdom
Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services

France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

Spotlight | Russia, Vietnam
Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift

Ukraine
Chambers of commerce weigh up prospects for government's deoligarchisation drive

France, Russia
French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

United Kingdom
New players in armed security set their sights on Africa with help from SAS veteran Blagbrough

France
Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Europe
Ambitious Cy4gate appoints new management team in bid for market leadership

France, Poland
Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

United Kingdom
Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

France
French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

Germany
German bug sweeper Albatross Projects wins business in US and China

Russia
Gennady Timchenko-Leonid Mikhelson's rock-solid alliance holds strong amid gas turmoil