Diligence

The Agencies' Gazette
Larimar in Mumbai, Revolut in Paris, GEOS reshuffle

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

MumbaiEx-CT Group intel execs back in business with Larimar Corp

ParisRevolut hiring financial investigators in France

ParisMajor shake-up at GEOS

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante's winning streak, Byblos at Orano, Kessner Capital Management

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

ParisEU contracts for Amarante International

ParisByblos joins Orano

Paris/Abu DhabiFrench defence experts supporting Africa-focused Kessner Capital Management

UAE
Emirati ex-serviceman expands private intelligence business in Dubai

A former Emirati soldier hopes through his corporate intelligence firm to carve out a place for himself in a Dubai ecosystem dominated by large foreign firms. He has a strong selling point: he is the only Emirati operating independently within the local corporate intelligence community.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Cristal Group International in court, French ex-army chief goes into consulting, Focke flocks back to Diligence

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

LyonCristal Group International in receivership

ParisJean-Pierre Bosser moves into consulting

LondonInvestigator rejoins Trefor Williams at Diligence

Malaysia, Philippines
Sulu heirs double down on threat to invite other countries to occupy Sabah state

The heirs to the Sultanate of Sulu are firmly on the back foot in their $15bn legal fight against Kuala Lumpur. But their representatives say even negative court decisions in the dispute have confirmed their lessor rights over Sabah in northeastern Malaysia.

United States
Private investigators race to catch up with artificial intelligence

Corporate intelligence companies, alongside intelligence agencies, are seeking to integrate artificial intelligence into their offerings. AI firms are keen to capitalise on this market and are recruiting advisers with the right connections.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante's UAE Parisian security contract, Portman's promotions, Dubai's tower of corporate spooks

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

ParisAmarante wins Abu Dhabi security contract in Paris

New YorkPromotions galore at former Diligence entity Portman

DubaiCorporate spooks converging at DIFC's Index Tower

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Chambers and Partners, Kroll investigator turned novelist

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

LondonPride, pain and puzzlement over new Chambers and Partners rankings

New YorkFormer Kroll employee pens a novel

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante International exec quits, exiled Albanian minister lobbying in US, new adviser for Sqope Intelligence

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

ParisAmarante International's business intel deputy director to leave

WashingtonExiled former Albanian minister's lobbyist reaching out to State Department

ParisNew adviser for Sqope Intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CT Group hiring, Mintz execs reshuffle, SynMax lobbyist

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

Mumbai/SingaporeCT Group consolidates in Singapore

Los AngelesAsha Muldro moves from Guidepost to Mintz

WashingtonEx-Podesta Group Josh Holly backing ghost ship tracker SynMax Intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Westexec, Eutelsat, Audere, Snapchat security

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

WashingtonWestExec recruits former CIA station chief

ParisGeneral Serge Cholley to leave Eutelsat's Defence and Security Division

DamascusAudere interested in Syrian market

WashingtonFormer Snapchat security director goes solo after stints with the NSA and DNI

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Former Atos exec in the Balkans, Delubac, Burson Middle East, Barbican Advisory

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

LondonFormer Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and Serbia

ParisDelubac, the ‘complex contracts' bank, launches own magazine

RiyadhSurprise exit at Burson Middle East, Riyadh's favourite comms group

SingaporeFormer Blackpeak director joins Barbican Advisory

Switzerland
Dirty tricks in the oil sector: a fake investigations site and a sham corporate intelligence company

It is a bold choice on the part of an investigations site to link itself clearly to a site claiming to belong to a private investigation company. An oil trader in the Caspian Sea area is currently being targeted by a shadowy Swiss-based investigations site which has done this.

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 2: The clampdown on state clients

In light of the British government's heightened vigilance, private intelligence providers are withdrawing from the hazardous world of litigation support to former Soviet states. But the media fallout from these legal battles is still being felt today.