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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Alaco veteran departs, GSPR exec at Thales, EU security in Iraq

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

LondonAnother Alaco veteran bids farewell

ParisThales welcomes GSPR executive

BrusselsEurope gears up to re-tender its giant Iraq security contract

Europe
EU appoints watchdogs to monitor elections

The European Union's election observation missions (EOMs), one of the EU's few instruments of power, have recently been assigned new service providers, all backed by security companies.

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Forward in London, New French legal defence association, Hakluyt, Simon Mann

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

LondonForward Global recruits more Tory consultants

ParisFive lawyers defence-focussed legal association

LondonHakluyt reshuffles its board

LondonDeath of Simon Mann, forerunner of armed services to states

Israel, United States
Private security contractors Constellis and SOC on frontline to secure US facilities in Israel

SOC and former Blackwater are reinforcing their armed security teams in Israel. Constellis is working for a secret Pentagon base near Beersheva that aims to give Israel advance warning of missile attacks. SOC, meanwhile, is protecting US diplomatic missions.

United Kingdom
British Foreign Affairs Committee hears from MENA experts in new inquiry

The UK's Foreign Affairs Committee is hearing from researchers and former diplomats as part of its new inquiry into the UK's engagement with the Middle East and North Africa.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Israeli special forces vet Doron Kempel extends private security services to Europe

The US-based businessman, a former IDF commando, has already set up shop in the United Kingdom and is now exploring the French market.

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.

Europe
Tensions high over diplomatic security contracts in Iraq and Libya

Several major European Union security contracts, currently up for bids, have generated strong competition, notably between French operators Amarante and GEOS.

Iraq
GardaWorld retains FCDO security mega-contract in Iraq

The Canadian operator will continue to protect British representatives in Baghdad and Erbil, while eyeing up several EU delegation security contracts in the country.

France, Iraq
French security firms struggle to get foot back in Iraq

The promise of contracts tied to large infrastructure projects made by Baghdad raised high hopes among French security specialists, particularly GEOS and Amarante. But these opportunities have yet to materialise.

Europe
Belstone Dart's Somalian private security contract renewal upsets rivals

Belstone Dart International has been awarded the contract to protect EUCAP Somalia, according to our sources, in a deal that has caused much upset among other private security firms.

Spotlight | Europe
Trial exposes Crédit Suisse's Eastern Europe private investigators

While the bank won the legal battle launched by its former European markets director, the trial has brought to light the troop of investigators and consultants both sides used to shake off their troubles in Romania over the past 15 years.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Wallbrook, ESL & Network, EUBAM

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, Paris and Brussels.

LondonWallbrook beefs up China team.

ParisMontlahuc's moves to leave ESL & Network pave way for firm's integration into ADIT.

BrusselsEUBAM competition gets underway.

Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Project Associates hired to beef up Italian influence at UN

The British online influence firm has landed its first major contract for a Foreign government in the US with the Italian delegation at UN headquarters in New York.