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Russia
SVR management reshuffle

Several senior officials in Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) have been replaced.

Subscribers only Agencies 16.01.2026

France, Italy
Former DGSE director swaps jobs with senior foreign ministry official

Intelligence Online understands that Anne-Marie Descôtes is to become France's next ambassador to Italy. She will replace Martin Briens, who in turn, will take on Descôtes' job as Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 16.01.2026

United Kingdom
Monitoring of Muslim Brotherhood networks by MI5 under renewed scrutiny

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, 15 December 2025. © House of Commons/UK Parliament/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Operations 15.01.2026

France
Mobile data extraction: French startup takes on Israeli leader Cellebrite

French penetration testing specialist Synacktiv has plans to step on the turf of Israeli company Cellebrite, a leader in phone data recovery solutions.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 15.01.2026

Africa, France
French intelligence supplier slammed with tax bill on allegedly classified defence contract

The Administrative Court in Montpellier. © iStock/Eric Bascol

Subscribers only Agencies, Operations 14.01.2026

Switzerland, Ukraine
Hopes high for security guarantees breakthrough in Davos

Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have both confirmed their participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos on 15-19 January to the event's organisers.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 14.01.2026

France
Finance ministry's Tracfin urges banks to file fewer SARs

Faced with an influx of suspicious activity reports and lacking a big data tool to process them, the French finance ministry's anti-money laundering unit in late 2025 asked the banking sector to restrict the number of SARs it files.

Subscribers only Agencies, Contractors 13.01.2026

Europe
Copenhagen in talks to replace Palantir

Danish intelligence is discreetly seeking to free itself from its dependence on US firm Palantir's services. This reliance is particularly jarring amid Copenhagen's existential diplomatic standoff with the White House over Greenland.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity, Defence 13.01.2026

A protest against US tech company Palantir outside the German Chancellery in Berlin, on 3 September 2025.

France, Russia
Former French strategic air force officer obtains long-term Russia visa

A retired military officer who served as part of France's nuclear deterrent force has just been awarded a distinguished honour by Moscow. The French DRSD military counterintelligence service has declined to comment on the matter.

Subscribers only Defence 12.01.2026

France
French security contractor to Louis Vuitton and PSG lands in legal trouble

A court launched legal proceedings last month against the private security company Heracles Sécurité Privée, after a summons from French social security agency Urssaf. The firm immediately appealed the decision.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel, Contractors 09.01.2026

Russia
Former FSB heavyweight Ivan Tkachev sees career ambitions temporarily dashed

Recently appointed head of the FSB's military counter-espionage department, Tkachev, who is a close associate of Rosnef director Igor Sechin, has plans to take over from Alexander Bortnikov as FSB chief.

Subscribers only Agencies 09.01.2026

Spymaster | France
France's anti-foreign interference boss has work cut out as elections loom

Former soldier Marc-Antoine Brillant now heads France's agency for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, Viginum. With sensitive elections looming, he is at the forefront of the fight against destabilisation operations targeting France.

Subscribers only Agencies, Information wars, Defence 09.01.2026

The director of France's Vignium agency for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, Marc-Antoine Brillant.

Ukraine
NABU anti-corruption bureau has defence sector in its sights

After conducting an extensive investigation into the energy sector, the agency is now turning its focus to defence. Investigators are probing the company that produces one of the Ukrainian army's key weapons, the Flamingo cruise missile.

Subscribers only Defence 09.01.2026

A Flamingo long-range cruise missile launch in Ukraine, on 26 August 2025.

France
Security clampdown on researchers sparks backlash over academic freedom

French research organisations have stepped up their protests against the expanding oversight of laboratories by security services. They complain of threats to academic freedom and a lack of transparency.

Subscribers only Operations, Defence 09.01.2026

The French Minister for Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste.

France
After ChapsVision standoff, head of French digital interceptions agency ANTENJ to step down

The head of France's ANTENJ, which oversees digital legal investigation techniques, will leave his role at the end of the month.

Subscribers only Agencies 09.01.2026

The director of France's ANTENJ digital legal investigation techniques agency, Jean-Julien Xavier-Rolai, in a photo taken in Paris in 2015.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
London mulls shortlist for £15m Ukraine anti-graft contract

The four-year monitoring contract is part of the Foreign Office's work to ensure transparency and effectiveness in the rollout of its development aid in Ukraine.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.01.2026

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London, 26 February 2025.

Deep Dive | France
DGSE pins hopes on upcoming court case to recover part of its war chest

The DGSE's cursed treasure (4/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. In this episode we dig into the State's hopes of minimising its losses relating to its relationship with a Franco-Swiss businessman.

Subscribers only Agencies 08.01.2026

France
French intel priorities to include Islamist separatism and 'entryism'

As indicated by the recent commission of inquiry into links between radical Islam and political parties, the French government is seeking to expand special surveillance techniques to combat 'entryism'.

Subscribers only Agencies, Operations 08.01.2026

French Home Secretary Laurent Nuñez at the National Assembly in Paris, on 18 November 2025.

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This third episode looks back at how the service almost turned its war chest into an investment fund.

Subscribers only Agencies, Defence 07.01.2026

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
World Bank financing scrutinised amid concerns over Ukrainian aid graft

The Washington-based institution has introduced a series of controls to combat graft. But amid heightened concerns over the movement of funds in Kyiv, member countries have hired their own auditors to support the fight for good governance.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 07.01.2026

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv.

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Europe-Russia

Russia
SVR management reshuffle

France, Italy
Former DGSE director swaps jobs with senior foreign ministry official

United Kingdom
Monitoring of Muslim Brotherhood networks by MI5 under renewed scrutiny

France
Mobile data extraction: French startup takes on Israeli leader Cellebrite

Africa, France
French intelligence supplier slammed with tax bill on allegedly classified defence contract

Switzerland, Ukraine
Hopes high for security guarantees breakthrough in Davos

France
Finance ministry's Tracfin urges banks to file fewer SARs

Europe
Copenhagen in talks to replace Palantir

France, Russia
Former French strategic air force officer obtains long-term Russia visa

France
French security contractor to Louis Vuitton and PSG lands in legal trouble

Russia
Former FSB heavyweight Ivan Tkachev sees career ambitions temporarily dashed

Spymaster | France
France's anti-foreign interference boss has work cut out as elections loom

Ukraine
NABU anti-corruption bureau has defence sector in its sights

France
Security clampdown on researchers sparks backlash over academic freedom

France
After ChapsVision standoff, head of French digital interceptions agency ANTENJ to step down

Ukraine, United Kingdom
London mulls shortlist for £15m Ukraine anti-graft contract

Deep Dive | France
DGSE pins hopes on upcoming court case to recover part of its war chest

France
French intel priorities to include Islamist separatism and 'entryism'

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
World Bank financing scrutinised amid concerns over Ukrainian aid graft

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Europe-Russia

Russia SVR management reshuffle

France, Italy Former DGSE director swaps jobs with senior foreign ministry official

United Kingdom Monitoring of Muslim Brotherhood networks by MI5 under renewed scrutiny

France Mobile data extraction: French startup takes on Israeli leader Cellebrite

Africa, France French intelligence supplier slammed with tax bill on allegedly classified defence contract

Switzerland, Ukraine Hopes high for security guarantees breakthrough in Davos

France Finance ministry's Tracfin urges banks to file fewer SARs

Europe Copenhagen in talks to replace Palantir

France, Russia Former French strategic air force officer obtains long-term Russia visa

France French security contractor to Louis Vuitton and PSG lands in legal trouble

Russia Former FSB heavyweight Ivan Tkachev sees career ambitions temporarily dashed

Spymaster | France France's anti-foreign interference boss has work cut out as elections loom

Ukraine NABU anti-corruption bureau has defence sector in its sights

France Security clampdown on researchers sparks backlash over academic freedom

France After ChapsVision standoff, head of French digital interceptions agency ANTENJ to step down

Ukraine, United Kingdom London mulls shortlist for £15m Ukraine anti-graft contract

Deep Dive | France DGSE pins hopes on upcoming court case to recover part of its war chest

France French intel priorities to include Islamist separatism and 'entryism'

Deep Dive | France How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States World Bank financing scrutinised amid concerns over Ukrainian aid graft

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Russia
SVR management reshuffle

France, Italy
Former DGSE director swaps jobs with senior foreign ministry official

United Kingdom
Monitoring of Muslim Brotherhood networks by MI5 under renewed scrutiny

France
Mobile data extraction: French startup takes on Israeli leader Cellebrite

Africa, France
French intelligence supplier slammed with tax bill on allegedly classified defence contract

Switzerland, Ukraine
Hopes high for security guarantees breakthrough in Davos

France
Finance ministry's Tracfin urges banks to file fewer SARs

Europe
Copenhagen in talks to replace Palantir

France, Russia
Former French strategic air force officer obtains long-term Russia visa

France
French security contractor to Louis Vuitton and PSG lands in legal trouble

Russia
Former FSB heavyweight Ivan Tkachev sees career ambitions temporarily dashed

Spymaster | France
France's anti-foreign interference boss has work cut out as elections loom

Ukraine
NABU anti-corruption bureau has defence sector in its sights

France
Security clampdown on researchers sparks backlash over academic freedom

France
After ChapsVision standoff, head of French digital interceptions agency ANTENJ to step down

Ukraine, United Kingdom
London mulls shortlist for £15m Ukraine anti-graft contract

Deep Dive | France
DGSE pins hopes on upcoming court case to recover part of its war chest

France
French intel priorities to include Islamist separatism and 'entryism'

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
World Bank financing scrutinised amid concerns over Ukrainian aid graft