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• COLOGNE - Turkish ex-cyber police official moves into German corporate intelligence

• LONDON - Audere recruits new managing director

• COPENHAGEN - C. Corner and AC Defence eye French market

• UKRAINE/GERMANY - Macron-Scholtz trip to Kyiv puts BND in a cold sweat

• RUSSIA - Patrushev secures southern crossing points with Tatar president

• UKRAINE - Intelligence services to negotiate POW exchange

• YEMEN - Presidential Council already beset by tensions

Future lead on counter-disinformation CDU bolsters technical capabilities 

The UK's Counter Disinformation Unit, part of the DCMS, will soon be equipped with a digital platform using artificial intelligence. With the support of the private sector, it is set to become the leader in countering information offensives from foreign states.

Beijing uses Lotcamp to gain advantage in semiconductor war 

A group of companies close to the Chinese Communist Party has bought 51% of the British group Arm's Chinese subsidiary in order to continue using it to boost semiconductor production in China.

• LONDON - Gulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

• LONDON - A new Tory business network.

Former Ambrey experts working in Ukraine 

Behind the creation of the security company Sentinel Asset Protection there is a small group of British Army veterans running a new NGO operating evacuations from Ukraine.

French Treasury seeks new compliance investigators for Airbus 

Two years after Airbus' settlement with France's PNF and Britain's SFO, the company's exports are to be more closely scrutinized by the French finance ministry.

Erdogan's AKP uses Cojep to lobby its interests in French legislative elections  Free

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been ramping up his party's political activism abroad in recent months and his networks have been increasingly active in France, going as far as getting involved in the upcoming elections.

Affinis aims to grow defence business using Proxxi database 

The corporate intelligence firm, which already provides its services to various French defence groups and the ministry of armed forces, will be present at the defence and security trade fair Eurosatory.

UN quietly supports State Bureau of Investigations 

Legal documentation and intelligence gathering are two fields where the United Nations is helping Kyiv's investigative agency look into atrocities committed during the current conflict with Russia.

• YEMEN - Ansarullah still vindictive despite truce

• RUSSIA - Temporary lease of life for top security officers

• MOLDAVIA - Transnistria, on the lookout, barricades itself

• RUSSIA - Financial intel service keeps its staff happy

Paris rallies to save Iraqi contracts 

Despite the many technical and political obstacles hampering French investments in Iraq, France is determined not to miss out on the potential economic opportunities and is counting on senators and industry bosses to bolster the bilateral relationship.

• NEW YORK - Hakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran. 

• PARIS - Alain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.
  

• LONDON/SINGAPORE - Crédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.
  

UN agencies beef up due diligence 

Increasingly conscious of reputational and corruption risks, UN agencies are discreetly beefing up their compliance and due diligence, supplied by a diverse array of consulting firms in this sector.

Scorechain investigates cryptoassets seized by France 

Luxembourg-based crypto investigations company Scorechain is helping the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which keeps cryptoassets snatched by Agrasc - the French state agency in charge of seized and confiscated assets - until they are resold.

French groups dream of MbS' big entertainment projects 

As most cultural and tourism cooperation projects with Riyadh are winding down, a French delegation is on its way to the Saudi capital.

Singapore's Temasek shakes up management at Sygnia 

Four years after acquiring Sygnia, founded by Israeli Unit 8200 intelligence veterans, the Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek has put its stamp on management at the cyber company.

• FRANCE - Commando unit drones in French skies.

• KAZAKHSTAN/AZERBAIJAN/TURKEY - Kazakh military intelligence moves closer to Azeri counterpart.

• EGYPT - Timid criticism of Sisi's Sinai strategy emerges in Cairo.