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The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Kolbe rejoins private sector, Raedas gets new office, TRAG's profits down

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

WashingtonCIA veteran Paul Kolbe opens advisory

London/DubaiRaedas to launch UAE office

LondonLow sales for The Risk Advisory Group

France
LVMH picks new global security director

The French luxury giant LVMH is poised to reveal internally the name of its new global security director. The nominee will bring his police experience to the group's many security managers.

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA veteran, Lithuanian borders, counter-espionage in Bishkek, Paris, New Delhi and the Guoanbu, upgrades in Warsaw

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

United StatesCIA Europe veteran opens own consultancy

Lithuania/BelarusVilnius upgrades border surveillance system to counter destabilisation tactics

KyrgyzstanMilitary counter-espionage used to fight misappropriation

France/IndiaBeijing's Guoanbu concerned about growing relations

PolandMilitary intelligence gives input on army upgrades

China, Iran, Russia, United States
Republican Foundation for Defense of Democracies lobbies for more aggressive US approach on China, Iran and Russia

FDD Action, which is affiliated with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, advocated on dozens of defence and intelligence bills last year, its recent lobby disclosure filing shows. Not all of FDD Action's chief priorities - support Ukraine, counter Russia - entirely align with those of the Trump campaign.

United Kingdom
Total Security Protection increases its share of nuclear decommissioning market

The operators of first-generation nuclear plants that do not have police protection have to make use of private security contractors. Total Security Protection is challenging sector leader G4S.

United States
Caribbean bank marketed itself to Russians using close ties to Dominican regulators

Paxum Bank opened its door to Russian nationals while also helping finance Donald Trump's social media company.

Hungary
Hungarian Hiszem behind cybersecurity startup PCAutomotive

The Hungarian start-up PCAutomotive, which is positioning itself in the emerging automotive cybersecurity sector, is a subsidiary of businessman János Hiszem's Pro Concept, a company well looked after by his government.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
GMTL receives Finkelstein, Securitas back to business in Turkey, Chorus lands new police contract

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

LondonGMTL receives Daniel Finkelstein

Ankara/StockholmBack to business for Securitas

SheffieldChorus Intelligence renews police contract

Australia, France, India, Japan, United States
Space surveillance market boosted by arrival of Indo-Pacific operators

Once carried out from the ground according to national needs, the surveillance of objects in orbit has become the subject of increased competition between states and the companies they back in a rapidly evolving market, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.

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.

The Intelligence Gazette
Harris leaves NCA, Belarusian bonds, MIT's loss, Chinese narrative in France, DGSE book launch

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

United KingdomConsultant Toby Harris steps away from NCA

Russia/BelarusInfowar on Belarusian bonds

Turkey/United StatesLong-standing MIT-CIA go-between dies

France/ChinaChinese TV seeks guests unopposed to Xi's official visit to Paris

FranceBook of DGSE officer interviews set to hit the shelves

France, Saudi Arabia, United States
ODAS embarks on legal battle with hardball player Zamil Group

In its fight with Saudi giant Zamil Group, the French, partly state-owned military exports agency ODAS is facing an opponent willing to do whatever it takes to defend its interests in court. Another case against Zamil in the United States shows up the group's legal practices, which its plaintiffs are calling corrupt.

UAE
Mohammed Somar Ajalyaqin, 'the luckiest dentist in Abu Dhabi' and Tahnoon bin Zayed's key adviser

The vice president of International Holding Company, a shining star of Tahnoon bin Zayed's financial galaxy, Mohammed Somar Ajalyaquin very rarely makes a public appearance. Yet, this dentist and music composer is at the heart of a vast reorganisation of Abu Dhabi's most strategic assets, not only when it comes to financial matters.