Alfa

Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia
The small Bulgarian broker tied to Putin's inner circle and a $1bn bank fraud

Intercapital Markets has come under scrutiny from Polish and Bulgarian authorities over its business activities.

Russia, UAE
Former Alpha Group exec rewarded by the Kremlin launches asset tracking business from Dubai

Headed by the former manager of Alpha Group's A1, Andrey Elinson, the asset managing firm Inweasta is expanding its asset tracking and litigation funding activities from its base in Dubai.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Prisme Intelligence in Paris, Field Intelligence in London, Sibylline's hiring changing line-up, BAE minus Powell

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

ParisFormer officer Mai-Linh Camus heads into consultancy

LondonAnwar Darkazally wants corporate intelligence to go green

LondonSibylline keeps hiring

LondonBAE and Lord Powell part ways

Spotlight | Russia
One year of war all but wipes out Russian private investigation market

The conflict in Ukraine has had an unprecedented impact on the world of corporate intelligence in and on Russia. Despite the huge decline in contracts, a few niche firms are still eking out an existence.

United States
Dechert and del Rosso's counterattack against Azima and hackers for hire exposes ENRC's involvement

Investigator Nick del Rosso, accused of conspiring with a Dechert lawyer to conduct a hacking attack for a Gulf emirate, is launching a legal counteroffensive with the law firm. Against this backdrop, hackers for hire allegedly involved in the affair are having their own stand-off.

Ukraine
Nassonov and Pechenizhky, EU and NATO event planners in war-torn Ukraine

Amid the turmoil of war, a group of Ukrainian entrepreneurs are finding caterers and concierge services, and organising summits and conferences, for international organisations in Kyiv.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Turmoil and gains for Ukraine's spymasters at heart of the war

The Ukrainian intelligence landscape has undergone deep tectonic shifts since Russia's invasion nearly a year ago. Former prominent figures have fallen while previously less sought-after services have risen in power, cooperation partnerships have been formed and missions refocused.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Goron to supplant MPP at LVMH, GEOS in El Salvador, Jones joins Alvarez, EU sets up sanctions helpdesk, banking lobby fights financial crimes in EU

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 Paris, Brussels, Basel and Washington.

Paris Goron poised to take over from MPP as LVMH provider

Basel/Brussels Anti-money laundering banking lobby registers in EU

France GEOS heads to El Salvador for the EU

Washington Alvarez & Marsal ropes in investigations star Kenneth Jones

Brussels EU forks out €4m to help small businesses do due diligence

United States
Glencore, US Justice Department and Swiss authorities enter final talks over compliance monitor

The Swiss trading giant is still negotiating its compliance monitor with US and Swiss authorities after pleading guilty to bribery before New York and London courts in the second quarter of 2022. In this, it is heavily relying on McLarty Associates' strategic advice.

France, United Kingdom
Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman lead the charge against sanctions

The two businessmen are each trying as much to distance themselves from the Russian government as to take on sanctions imposed on them by the UK and the European Union - and they are using the same circles of French and British lawyers to do so.

Spotlight | United States
Legal battle draws hackers-for-hire and private investigators out of the woodwork

The US court battle between Kazakh conglomerate ENRC and lawyer Neil Gerrard is bringing elements of the hack-for-hire operation against former aviation magnate Farhad Azima out into the open. Underway behind the scenes is a Black PR campaign to discredit the body of evidence accumulated against Indian cyberspace hackers, corporate intelligence firms and Western lawyers.

Iraq, United States
Amar Zahid involved in case after case between US and Iraqi telecom industry

A new governmental agreement may open up the Iraqi market, but consultant Amar Zahid's hands are tied in a case before the US courts against intelligence equipment manufacturer TIC.

Ukraine
Ukrainian-orientated lobbyist Yorktown defends telecoms Kyivstar in Washington

Kyivstar, which is facing disrupted networks due to the war and shareholder agitation, is relying on Yorktown Solutions to help it find support in the United States. The consultancy has extensive experience with Ukraine's key sectors.

Europe, Georgia, United States
UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence.