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Topaz Group, Legion of Honour in Hanoi, Troost vs Srivastava

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisAmarante International's Arnaud Dessenne joins Heracles

HanoiFrench honour for Openasia boss

New YorkPrivate investigators facing exposure in Russian oil traders' battle

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Forward in London, New French legal defence association, Hakluyt, Simon Mann

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonForward Global recruits more Tory consultants

ParisFive lawyers defence-focussed legal association

LondonHakluyt reshuffles its board

LondonDeath of Simon Mann, forerunner of armed services to states

United Kingdom
Rob Moore, ex-British army officer turned serial blockchain intelligence consultant

The former officer is now offering his services as an adviser in the fast-growing cryptocurrency fraud judicial assistance market.

Spotlight | France
Far-right RN's intelligence approach consists of shadowy advisers and a silent former MP

France's far-right Rassemblement National party, which is bent on making Jordan Bardella prime minister, is cautious when it comes to intelligence. While an adviser to the party's leaders is keeping a close eye on the matter, its former member of a parliamentary intelligence delegation has kept a very low profile.

Africa, Ukraine
Special forces veterans seek French partners for private security fight against Wagner

Private security company Executive Risk System recently moved its offices to the UK and is prioritising the fight against the Russian paramilitary group alongside Ukrainian forces.

Ukraine
Buntar Aerospace at vanguard of Ukraine's ISR

The company is testing its Rebel-1 tactical drone that relies on artificial intelligence and has already caught the eye of some of Kyiv's NATO partners.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
Objective Ukraine, linking Kyiv's special forces with UK security providers

Simon Woodiwiss, a man with connections both to Kyiv's special forces and former British SAS officers-turned-consultants, has registered his private security firm in London. He built up the company in Ukraine, where it still operates.

Qatar, United Kingdom
British defence aerospace makes Doha inroads

BAE Systems and Aeralis have both won major contracts with Qatar, despite the risk of Doha taking control.

Spotlight | Moldova, Russia
A Russian fixer's epic journey from post-Soviet Russia to a $1bn Moldovan investigation

Mark Garber, who for decades has worked for oligarchs in the shadows, has now been connected to firms suspected of laundering money in Moldova.

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SITE in Berlin, Ashurst, Grant Thornton in Chicago, Field Intelligence, Audere Securus, from Schillings to Valkyrie

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

BerlinGerman interior ministry picks SITE to combat Islamic fundamentalism

LondonDmitry Sachkov quits TRAG

ChicagoGrant Thornton expands forensic investigations in Midwest

LondonField Intelligence expands consultancy team

LondonAudere Securus ropes in industry legend James Blount

LondonSchillings stalwart joins Valkyrie

France
ChapsVision makes push into OSINT market

ChapsVision, headed by entrepreneur Olivier Dellenbach, is aiming to be a player in French open source intelligence through acquisitions and partnerships with specialists in the sector.

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Private security veteran John Holmes has eyes on Ukraine

The former chairman of corporate intelligence firm Quintel is actively lobbying in the US to carve out a place in the Ukrainian security market.