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United States
The Jeff Shockey Story: From Washington star to central player in congressional scandals and back again with Raytheon

A former congressional aide with ties to convicted grifter Jack Abramoff and a number of other badly tainted former members of Congress, Shockey has made a considerable comeback as Raytheon's top lobbyist. Disclosure filings show his current duties include seeking funding from the 2024 Intelligence Authorization Act.

The Tech Times
Snowpack goes global, Beacon Red in Singapore, MIL Corp helps NAWCAD in cyber

Paris
Snowpack turns to RB 42 for international business development

Singapore
Beacon Red showcases offensive cyber technologies

Washington
NAWCAD draws on MIL Corp's cyber expertise

Spotlight | United States
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Tikehau , Nardello, Alaco, Avisa

Paris/London
French fund Tikehau invests in UK corporate intelligence with Antithesis

Los Angeles
Wendy Wu joins Nardello's expanding California office

London/New York
Former FBI agent Robert Heuchling anchors Alaco in the US

Paris
Avisa bolsters its ethics committee

The Intelligence Gazette
Vladimir Osechkin, French military attaché in Yerevan, new Belt & Road preparations

France/Russia
Communicator Vladimir Osechkin exposed for false defector evacuations

France/Armenia/Azerbaijan
Paris's impossible balancing act in Yerevan

China
Third Belt & Road forum preparations underway in Beijing

Germany, Poland, Romania, United States
Pentagon to renew contracts of Eastern Europe port service providers

Washington is reviewing the contracts of service providers for US Transportation Command boats at a Polish port and two Romanian ports, as the Department of Defence reshapes its military activities amid the war in Ukraine.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Alaco, StoneTurn, Gravamen, FTI

London
Alaco's James Birkett and Austen Josephs join Dentons

Vienna/Frankfurt
Kristof Wabl moves up whistleblowing ladder

London
Will Jenkins goes solo after JS Held

Washington
FTI's China investigation department lags behind

Spotlight | Australia
Intelligence review set to entrench Canberra's role as US base for observing China

The latest Independent Intelligence Review should produce a roadmap for adapting Australia's intelligence community to technological changes and to China. Canberra is to become increasingly dependent on Washington in the areas of geospatial intelligence and interceptions.

Saudi Arabia
GCAP, F-35: France hesitates over Rafale sales pitch as ambitious Riyadh reassesses its fighter options

Will they, won't they? In the eyes of many, Berlin's decision to block the sale of Typhoon fighters to Saudi Arabia has opened up an opportunity for France to pitch Dassault's new generation Rafale. The Saudis are not opposed, but they have several other bids under consideration.

The Intelligence Gazette
Ukraine's SSSCIP, Foreign Affairs Committee, China experts at Foreign Office, Wiretapping radicals

Ukraine
Special communications service wants more soldiers

United Kingdom
Foreign Affairs Committee calls on intelligence experts to tackle terrorism mission

United Kingdom/China
Foreign Office builds expertise on China

France
Intelligence tensions over the surveillance of radical movements minimised before parliament

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
From Buckingham Palace to Doha, inside the London visit in the works for MbS

Mohammed bin Salman's planned visit to London is the object of lively diplomatic exchanges. Behind the scenes, Buckingham Palace, Doha and even Manama are each looking to ensure their interests are served.

United Kingdom
Britain's GMTL builds networks in areas strategic to the defence industry

The British corporate intelligence firm is making its mark in the defence sector, thanks to its network of top-notch and strategically located advisers.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Chertoff Group, K2, Pallas, Eyal Weiss

Washington
Chertoff Group hires Mark Esper, Bryan Cunningham vanishes

New York
Neelam Sharma leaves K2

Washington
Donnelly gets Pallas Industries to change name to Castelion

Washington/Tel Aviv
Eyal Weiss and US-based Forward Risk part company

United Kingdom, United States
Lukoil claims damages from ex-distributors in London and New York

The District Court of New York just accepted a request for discovery, allowing a subsidiary of oil giant Lukoil to move forward with its case to recover assets from ex-distributors.

Kuwait, United States
Middle East agent El Mahallawy has long been close to the former Kuwaiti defence minister now suing him in Beverly Hills grift case

Al-Sabah, the ex-defence minister, says El Mahallawy helped facilitate the theft of $160 million he invested with a convicted fraudster in a real estate development project.

United States
Marketing agents from US defence firms battle for turf in oil-rich Guyana

US helicopter maker Bell Textron, a pioneer in the country's fledgling defence market, is facing battles over agent fees in Guyana. The defence sector is set to grow rapidly, as the South American country wants to protect its abundant new source of foreign currency, offshore oil.