"INTERNATIONAL" - All our articles - Intelligence Online

SpotlightUKRAINE Corporate Intelligence 13/04/2022

Igor Kolomoisky, Ukraine's most wanted oligarch

He is at the centre of a wide search yet has managed to elude them all: London lawyers, the FBI, Ukrainian banks, the Russian secret services are all trying to pinpoint Igor Kolomoisky, who slipped off the radar at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Beijing spoilt for choice between its two maritime transport giants Cosco and CMP

Due to its increasingly tarnished image because of its ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Cosco is giving way to a second public company in the implementation of China's port strategy. China Merchant Port is gradually making its mark as Beijing's contractor of choice on Belt and Road Initiative projects.

UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 13/04/2022

Thales still counts on top Democrat Tom Daschle's Pentagon connections

The French industry giant, which has won a major contract for the Pentagon's communications systems, has The Daschle Group to rely on when it comes to gathering Democratic support in the US.

CHINA FRANCE Government Intelligence 13/04/2022

Mystery surrounds pseudonymous co-author of paper detailing MP's links to Beijing

In March, much of the French press picked up a story first published in an academic paper that pointed to ties between China and Buon Tan, who has a seat in the National Assembly and is a member of Emmanuel Macron's party.

LEBANON Corporate Intelligence 13/04/2022

Bahaa Hariri establishes multiple support platforms ahead of Lebanon's general elections

Now officially engaged in Lebanon's electoral race with his movement Sawa li Lubnan, Bahaa Hariri is hoping to reap the rewards of months of negotiations on 15 May, thanks to various support and lobbying platforms in Beirut and Washington.

Lebanese legislative candidate Bahaa Hariri.

MYANMAR RUSSIA Surveillance & Interception 13/04/2022

Kremlin's favourite OSINT expert helps Russian plans in Myanmar Free

Andrei Masalovich, a former communications security officer who has become a private open source intelligence expert for the Russian security apparatus, has made another trip to Southeast Asia, a highly strategic destination for Moscow.

SpotlightUKRAINE International Dealmaking 12/04/2022

Kyiv seeks to harness oligarchs to war effort

Ukraine's oligarchs were being targeted by the Zelensky administration before Russia invaded. Now Kyiv sees them as an asset to be used in the war effort, and several of them have got enthusiastically on board.

The oligarch and former president Petro Poroshenko shows his participation in the war effort.

FRANCE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES International Dealmaking 12/04/2022

CMA CGM lands France's Dubai Expo 2020 pavilion repatriation deal

Dubai's Expo 2020 closed its doors on 31 March and the French maritime logitics company CMA CGM, which is undergoing a strategic reorientation in the UAE, has been entrusted with shipping the French pavilion back to Toulouse.

The French pavilion at the Universal Expo in Dubai will be completely dismantled and rebuilt on the CNES campus in Toulouse by 2024. It will be transported to Toulouse by CMA CGM.

UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 12/04/2022

Beijing, not Moscow, spoils Biden's intelligence nominees

The CIA's future general counsel Kate Heinzelman is in a tight spot over her previous work for Chinese clients at Sidley Austin law firm, the Biden administration's first port of call for future intelligence hires.

CHINA Corporate Intelligence 12/04/2022

Backed by Beijing, security firm Frontier Services Group makes push into Southeast Asia

After focusing on Africa, the private security company Frontier Services Goup, close to the Chinese authorities, is actively prospecting for business in three countries that are key for China's development - Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

SpotlightRUSSIA Government Intelligence 11/04/2022

Kremlin spymaster tightens screws at Russian Security Council

Nikolai Patrushev is keeping only the most faithful lieutenants in the Russian Security Council to oversee closer monitoring of oligarchs, corporate intelligence and internal narratives.

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.

TURKEY UKRAINE International Dealmaking 11/04/2022

How Ankara is luring the best minds of Kyiv's defence industry

While bolstering Ukraine's army with its drones, Ankara is also hoping to benefit from the country's defence industry's expertise. To this end, Turkey has set up policies to attract engineers from Kyiv's major defence groups.

UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2022

Former FBI officer turned investigator for oligarchs Richard Frankel exposed in New York

Forensic News has taken legal action to defend itself against low-key corporate intelligence star Walter Soriano. Richard Frankel's former activities for Soriano's firm USG Security look set to expose clients he worked for.

Spymaster TAIWAN Government Intelligence 08/04/2022

Chen Ming-tong leads intelligence efforts to resist China

With Taiwan top of China's agenda in 2023, the island's National Security Bureau is reforming in readiness for Chinese leader Xi Jingping's next moves.

Chen Ming-tong, Director General of the National Security Bureau.

IRAQ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES International Dealmaking 08/04/2022

Masrour Barzani works his charm in UAE to save oil contracts

Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, is openly spouting his outrage at Bagdad's new oil law, which will impede Kurdish production. He travels regularly to Abu Dhabi, a good place to maintain contact with his current and future investors.

Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

SpotlightUNITED ARAB EMIRATES Surveillance & Interception 07/04/2022

Tahnoon places his cronies to spearhead cyber offensive flagship CPX

Abu Dhabi's national security adviser is readying Digital 14 spinoff CPX's troops for battle by appointing four UAE cyber sector strongmen to its board, strengthening connections to Group 42.

CHINA UNITED KINGDOM International Dealmaking 07/04/2022

Communist party's gene giant MGI sets foot in Europe

Restricted in the US, Chinese Communist Party's DNA collection rep MGI takes root in Europe.

LEBANON Corporate Intelligence 07/04/2022

UK court ruling requires SGBL and Audi bank to hand over dollars

A British court has ruled in favour of a Lebanese-British citizen with bank accounts in Lebanon, meaning that SGBL and Bank Audi will have to give their client $4m, despite the country's financial crisis.

SpotlightUNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 06/04/2022

Accountants go after corporate investigators

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

FRANCE ISRAEL TURKEY International Dealmaking 06/04/2022

Paris takes tentative step towards world's drone capitals Tel Aviv and Istanbul

The war in Ukraine has revived a global interest in drone technology, a revolution which Paris has missed. Keen to remedy this situation, French companies have recently been reaching out to the most "combat-proven" ecosystems in the field in Israel and Turkey.

Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Badr Jafar, the businessman 2.0 taking hold in the UAE

International