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Iraq, United States
Garda's alleged methods to land State Department security contract in Iraq challenged in court by SOC LLC

SOC has accused two former executives of supplying confidential company information to help rival Garda win strategic contracts to protect US diplomatic facilities in Iraq earlier this year.

Pakistan
Credence Security expands foothold in forensics tech-hungry Pakistan

The Dubai cyber and forensic equipment distributor has been building its base in Pakistan, where the federal police is developing a network of laboratories in need of these technologies, driven by its Western partners wanting to push ahead in the fight against terrorism.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
EIB increases investigations spending, Nardello, Herminius, TDI Sustainability, Enyo

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on developments big and small in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we report from Luxembourg, London and Brussels.

LuxembourgEIB boosts corporate intelligence budget.

LondonFCDO veteran Kilby joins Herminius.

LondonFormer Alaco staffer becomes MD at Nardello's London office.

BrusselsEuropean Commission brings in specialist conflict minerals investigators.

LondonEnyo sends in lawyers to ICSID

France, Kuwait, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Paris creates new ambassador role for sovereign wealth funds, eyes PIF, ADIA, QIA, ADQ

In a bid to attract more foreign capital to France, the government is creating a new ambassadorial position for sovereign wealth funds. The new role would establish a direct channel between Paris and SWFs, especially those from the Arab Gulf states such as PIF, ADIA, QIA and ADQ.

Saudi Arabia
Veyron, the small communication firm on the rise alongside Mohammed bin Salman

One of the firms helping Riyadh polish its image in the US, the "made in KSA" Veyron, is building a name for itself within Mohammed bin Salman's ecosystem by doing its part for the crown prince's communication strategy.

Lebanon, United Kingdom
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.

Indonesia
Jakarta cancels and scales back major defence contracts as raw materials crisis deepens

The ministry of defence has embarked on an ambitious defence acquisition programme but is struggling to find the funding to honour the contracts it has signed. Airbus, which was set to deliver two A400M by the end of 2021, is the latest company to bear the brunt of this situation.

Kazakhstan
The Bolashak Consulting Group, a senior Kazakh official talent incubator

Bolashak Consulting Group has been a loyal ally to Nur-Sultan during its international legal battles and also acts as a talent incubator for the country's political and judicial elite.

Jordan
Black Mountain, Jordanian conglomerate TAG's cybersecurity outpost in the Gulf

The young Jordanian-Emirati company Black Mountain, under the aegis of businessman and politician Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, has opened the gates of Amman to companies from the United States and Russia as it continues to grow in cyber investigation.

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Russia
Central Asian spymasters want to return Russia's focus to Afghanistan

Silovik chief Nikolai Patrushev is still taking part in discussion forums run by Central Asia's intelligence chiefs worried about the Taliban security risk. But with all their efforts focused on the war in Ukraine, Russia's armed forces have been forced to gradually disengage from that part of the world.

Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Saudi strategists sceptical of Yemen truce

While the month of Ramadan is meant to deliver an unprecedented halt to hostilities in Yemen, regional intelligence services remain on alert, fearful of future actions by Houthi militiamen.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Athena in crypto, Dominic Armstrong, Control Risks

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to London and Geneva.

London Ex-Aegis Armstrong launches Horatius Advisory.

Geneva Athena Intelligence makes crypto debut.

London Control Risks has limited 2021 damage by cost cutting.