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Europe, Ukraine, United States
Ukrainian company at vanguard of NATO's information wars

Founded during the war and backed by Ukrainian intelligence, Osavul, a start-up specialising in the fight against disinformation, is racking up contracts.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE drama, career officer for Leningrad, Italy-China dialogue

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

FranceDGSE, DGSI and DRM reshuffle drama in parliament recounted

RussiaSukhrab Akhmedov firm favourite to head new Leningrad military district

Italy/ChinaAfter Silk Roads exit, time for strategic dialogue

United States
In trouble over Russian links, oil trader Niels Troost hires ex-Biden aide to fend off sanctions

Troost has hired Ankit Desai to advance his case in Washington, after being sanctioned by the UK.

UAE
Abu Dhabi influence lever Terminals Holding seeks work with own military

The aeronautical services company pampered by Abu Dhabi leaders and present on the international civilian market is now vying for work with the UAE armed forces.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Astra Mining aims to lead UK rare earths exploration drive in Kazakhstan

British company Astra Mining, which is looking to get into the much sought-after rare earths market and is currently active in Kazakhstan, aims to forge closer links with the UK government.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Paris Arbitration Week, Portland, K2, Idesus

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

ParisInternational firms' interest in arbitration cases keeps growing

LondonKim Darroch stops in at Portland

LondonIdesus files for removal from UK register

WashingtonK2 pushes brakes on financial investigations

France
Kroll investigative division in Paris still looking for a new boss

The sudden departure of the head of Kroll's investigative division in Paris, Louis-David Magnien, has an air of déjà-vu, just under two years after the departure of his predecessor.

Spotlight | China, Ukraine
SBU hunts Chinese spies interested in Western weapons

Ukrainian intelligence services are stepping up their investigations into Chinese nationals who may be looking a little too closely at the manufacturing secrets of Western weapons supplied to Ukraine.

The Intelligence Gazette
DRM flags Chinese drones in Algiers, Orbán adviser's new foreign plans, NATO spy's double court defeat, Cambodia's cyber bill back

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

Algeria French military intelligence alarmed by Algiers' long-range drones

Hungary PM's adviser develops foreign policy concept

France Double blow for suspected Russian NATO spy

Cambodia Consultation on cyber crime bill resumes

France, United Kingdom, United States
UK fund to inject capital into Forward Global

British investment fund Bridgepoint Capital is to acquire a stake in the corporate intelligence company in a deal that is expected to be signed off in the coming weeks.

Iran, Russia, Ukraine
Moscow's new drones dodge Kyiv's electronic countermeasures

The Russian military is deploying new tech so it can resume large-scale strikes on Ukraine's main urban centres.

The Tech Times
Dataflow eyes UK, Claude Revel at ChapsVision, AGIS in Chile, Forward Global and Airbus win EDA tenders

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Bassano del GrappaDataflow Security sets sights on British intelligence market

ParisChapsVision boost ethics committee with Claude Revel

SantiagoAGIS eyes Chile

BrusselsForward Global and Airbus team up for EDA's C5ISTAR contract

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Schillings, ADIT, Erys

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

LondonSchillings takes on new analyst

ParisADIT upskills in rare languages with INALCO

Paris Ousted Erys chair takes her case to court

United States
Star trader Greg Coffey buys Russian-exposed fund, seeks sanctions protection in Washington

Involved in the buyout of a fund that had accumulated Russian debt securities before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, financier Greg Coffey is making sure he has some protection in Washington thanks to Stryk Global Diplomacy.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Amazon, Oracle: Pentagon cloud mega-contract influence peddlers settle scores in court

Big Pentagon digital storage contracts have been the subject of some of the largest influence campaigns in Washington in recent years, now pursued in the courts of Washington and London.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

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

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front