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• NEW YORK - StoneTurn brings in a local veteran to get itself off the ground in Singapore.
  

• NEW YORK - Nardello recruits Kennedy in London.

• LONDON - Dragonfly aims to spread its wings.

• ARLINGTON - Deloitte & Touche operates DARPA's cyber recognition programme.

KPMG and Kroll forensic experts focus on Kazakh recycling 

To defend their side of the legal wrangle between the previous and current management of Kazakh paper recycling firm Kagazy that came to a close in December, Maksat Arip and Tomas Werner sought help from forensics investigators at KPMG and Kroll.

• PARIS - Nathalie Felines makes private security comeback with Erys.

• LONDON - Hakluyt beefs up cyber activities.

• NEW YORK - Veracity Worldwide appoints veteran diplomat to advisory board.
  

• PARIS - Ex-Interlira and Amarante executives reteam at Movisafe.

• LONDON - KPMG probes Britain's 'climate finance' partners.
  

• LONDON - Raedas passes the Covid test.

• PARIS - FTI brings in Karl Payeur to turn round its investigations business.

• LONDON - Montrose germinates in Germany thanks to super-diplomat Michael Schaefer.
  

• NEW YORK - Casale moves from FBI anti-corruption unit into pharmaceuticals.

• MIAMI-PARIS - Former DEA Paris bureau chief joins 5 Stones.

Russia makes a fresh attempt to get France to help it develop its AI research capacity  Free

In its haste to develop its artificial intelligence research and development capacity, Moscow is increasingly investing in Russian academic institutions and looking to develop partnerships with, among others, French AI research institute INRIA. Yet France remains wary.

Boris Johnson consults corporate intelligence firms on China 

As it puts the finishing touches on its new Investment Security Unit, set up to prevent attempts at economic predation on UK businesses, especially from China, 10 Downing Street is turning to corporate intelligence firms to help with the task.

Diligencia digs data for private investigators in Arab world 

The Oxford-based firm run largely by former Control Risks executives has been expanding its business from Dubai and Tangier.

FTI's French investigations team falls apart 

FTI Consulting is the latest in a string of big US and British firms to fail in the French marketplace. With the departure of its head of investigations, Stéphanie Lhomme, the Parisian consulting firm has been turned upside down.

Facebook's intelligence in Europe now operated by an anonymous fund 

Security and corporate intelligence provider Falanx, one of the very few in the sector to be publicly traded (on London's Alternative Investment Market), has seen business turn around thanks to a game-changer contract with the American social media giant.

FTI's dissolved forensics league regroups at Ankura 

Announced on 20 October as a series of individual recruitments, the addition to Ankura's team of technical experts and legal advisers in fact signals the divorce between FTI Consultants and Paul Walker's investigators is now final.

JS Held picks up BRG investigators 

Berkeley Research is pulling out of the US investigations business after withdrawing from the international market. Some of its employees are joining its new owner, consulting firm JS Held, while others are breaking free.

ERG predicts growth in financial operations in the business intelligence market 

In its 22 June market update, US merchant bank ERG Partners, which specialises in security and business intelligence, notes that financial operations have been increasing in the sector since the start of the year.

FTI Consulting's stratcom team reborn at Dentons Global Advisors 

Dentons' acquisition of business diplomacy firm Albright Stonebridge Group has reunited the members of FTI Consulting's old strategic communications team.

Alvarez & Marsal strengthens its Paris investigations team 

Consulting and investigations firm Alvarez & Marsal is recruiting in France, with arbitration courts in its line of sight.

Investigator Lindsey Diggins changes firms but stays in the "Londongrad" business 

Diggins, who was head of research and analysis at Keith Hunter's Animus Associates now works for Blue Square Global, a smaller investigation company, which is also active in Russian affairs.

MbS's top anti-corruption investigation provider, Deloitte still hiring in the Gulf 

Holder of one of the most prized contracts in the area, Deloitte's Dubai branch is growing in leaps and bounds.

Charles River goes to Sao Paulo 

The long-established corporate intelligence firm Charles River Associates (CRA) has [...]

Franck Holder heads JS Held's investigations practice 

The consulting firm JS Held has hired sector veteran Frank Holder as head of operations to beef up its investigations [...]

Jin Ling, from Control Risks to Artemis 

Jin Ling has joined the small Hong Kong based reputation [...]