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France, Syria, United States
Lafarge targeted by new lawsuit in the US from families of Islamic State victims

The families of 15 US citizens who were victims of the Islamic State have filed a complaint against the French cement company Lafarge, which admitted to helping fund the terrorist organisation in Syria from 2013 to 2014.

Spotlight | France
France's DGSE thwarts parliamentary bid to impose tighter control over interceptions

France's interceptions watchdog, the CNCTR, will not have closer scrutiny of audio and video recordings made by the intelligence services, a planned move that has been axed from the country's military appropriations bill.

The Intelligence Gazette
Yulia Shoigu, Akhmed Zakayev, NGA drops analogue imaging, NATO, Bernard Emié

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

Moscow Defence minister puts daughter in charge of veteran aid fund

Kyiv Akhmed Zakayev's Chechen armed wing gets its baptism of fire

Springfield Final curtain for analogue imagery

Brussels NATO looks for help on Russia analysis

France DGSE director, diplomat Bernard Emié, opts for state administror status

France, Middle East
With defence in its sights, Jolt Capital cosies up to leading Gulf families

Advised by former French armed forces minister Florence Parly, the investment fund is stepping up its fundraising in the Middle East. With close ties to Paris, Jolt intends to strengthen its defence business.

France
French corporate intelligence top brass 'debriefed' by Senate commission

A French Senate mission tasked with drawing up a policy for dealing with foreign economic intelligence threats was able to interview all the leading figures in France's private corporate intelligence sector. Some have intimate, first-hand knowledge of foreign influence operations.

The Intelligence Gazette
NASA/Roscosmos, DGSE, Beijing's central military committee

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring you news from the US, Russia, France and China.

United States/Russia Roscosmos to provide security to NASA officers

France Senators see through DGSE recruitment numbers

China Security bodies directly answerable to Xi Jinping

France
DPR to mount united front in the French Senate in support of CNCTR

While intelligence controls were left out of debates on the military planning law at France's Assemblée Nationale, senators are now putting the issue firmly back on the agenda.

France, Israel, Norway, United States
Regulators play catchup as intelligence services develop taste for cookie datasets

Intelligence services in the West are taking a keen interest in the purchase of cookie dataset intelligence, which can be extremely useful to locate, track and understand user behaviour. Their regulators, until now a step behind, are beginning to look into the practice too.

Switzerland
Encryption firm Asperiq takes over from fallen CIA-controlled Crypto AG

Andreas and Emma Linde, the Swedish entrepreneurs who acquired Crypto AG before its links with US intelligence were publicly revealed, now run Asperiq. The encryption firm is currently on a major international expansion drive.

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
Moscow signals operational purpose for its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Western and Ukrainian military intelligence services are scrutinising the deployment of Russian nuclear warheads in Belarus, as military escalation in Ukraine continues to unwind. The fragments of information available so far indicates that Moscow is preparing those weapons for offensive, rather than deterrent, use.

France, Oman
Oman opens ports to French Navy submarines

With diplomatic dialogue hotting up between France and Oman, the French Navy has recently obtained an agreement to use Oman's ports as a rear base for its activities in the Indian Ocean.

France, United Kingdom
In London and Paris, intelligence overseers in uproar over government investment security plans

Parliaments in both countries are seeking to control their governments' investment security policies by setting up new parliamentary delegations. These bodies have a direct impact on issues relating to intelligence oversight.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
A likely Chinese PMC in London, James Stothard moves into investigation, Hervé Zany poaches DGSI staff, DGBI falls back on Geneva, Diligence veteran goes solo

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

London/ShanghaiA possible Chinese PMC in London

LondonJames Stothard moves from asset recovery to investigation

ParisHervé Zany poaches hire from interior ministry

ChamonixNick Day moves back to Geneva

LondonDiligence veteran goes solo in business forensics

France, Middle East
French investment fund Latour Capital prepares to prospect in Gulf countries

A number of French private investment funds are shifting their attention to the Gulf countries, some are even moving to the region. Meanwhile, Latour Capital is preparing its Gulf offensive with the help of newly hired former public servants.

France
Defence minister's carrot and stick approach to retain cyber talent

In the midst of a staffing crisis, France's intelligence and military services are considering every trick in the book to retain their much-needed and much-sought-after cyber experts.

France
DGSE relocation pushed back by two years

The future DGSE headquarters in Vincennes, scheduled for 2028, will now not be ready until 2030. Work has not even begun yet.

France
French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation

France's external intelligence service has traditionally been reluctant to open up to private companies, but it is edging closer to working with dedicated defence and intelligence innovation outfits.