Interpol

Belgium
Cyberpol: the fake cybercrime agency

Cyberpol, which claims to hunt cybercriminals around the world, is an empty shell behind which lies an ingenious influential entrepreneur.

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh wants Beirut to hand over Saudi's former star arms broker

In the crosshairs of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption investigators, businessman Salah Fustok sought refuge in his native Lebanon. But he hadn't counted on the tenacity of Riyadh's new strongman, determined to uncover all the previous Saudi monarch's military and financial secrets.

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

France's interior ministry is making several strategic appointments within the police and domestic intelligence. Intelligence Online reveals the details of this game of musical chairs.

The Intelligence Gazette
French magistrate in Beijing, Laotian spy students in Hanoi, DHS seeks counterterrorism chief, Armenian SNB's new head, Bastille day in Moscow

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

FranceLiaison magistrate returns to Beijing embassy

Vietnam/LaosDG2 training Laotian spy students

United StatesDHS counterterrorism chief joins private sector

ArmeniaInternal security deputy promoted to service head

RussiaA special guest at the French Embassy's 14 July celebrations

United States
Shadowy French NGO with Russian ties claims to be expanding into US

Members of the Paris-based Comité International pour la Protection des Droits de l'Homme (International Human Rights Defence Committee) have claimed to be holding charity events in Los Angeles.

The Intelligence Gazette
French National Police HQ, French KGB spy George Pâques, Student mobility in China, Canadian SIGINT

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

FranceNational Police HQ reconsiders international strategy

RussiaFSB shines spotlight on Georges Pâques

ChinaStudent mobility becomes strategic tool

CanadaSignals intelligence to benefit from increased military spending

Azerbaijan, France
French interior ministry's barrage of unsigned memos about former Azerbaijani intelligence collaborator

French justice remains bogged down in the complex case of an Azerbaijani national who claims to have been recruited by the domestic intelligence service in Baku. No fewer than four "notes blanches" unsigned memos were deployed to uphold a ban on him staying in France.

Italy
Equalize probe reveals arsenal of cyber-intelligence tools deployed by investigators

Italy's military police, the Carabinieri, has made extensive use of Italian cyber-intelligence tools to investigate the Italian corporate intelligence firm Equalize's use of illegal espionage.