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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Cristal Group International in court, French ex-army chief goes into consulting, Focke flocks back to Diligence

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

LyonCristal Group International in receivership

ParisJean-Pierre Bosser moves into consulting

LondonInvestigator rejoins Trefor Williams at Diligence

UAE
K2 and Deloitte awarded anti-money laundering mandate in UAE

K2's Chip Poncy, the former head of the US delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is advising the UAE on its preparations for the body's next visit to Abu Dhabi. He has already won engagements from two other MENA governments.

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DGSI director and LVMH, JS Held senior staff exit, K2 in the Middle East

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

ParisDGSI director invited to LVMH linked security event

LondonJS Held loses top asset recovery specialists

DubaiK2 parts ways with senior Middle East investigator

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Forward Global exec leaves, Deloitte lands Riyadh contract, Cynogarde stake sold

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

ParisShort stint for Forward Global's cyber director

Saudi ArabiaDeloitte Middle East wins lucrative contract from Qatar National Bank

French GuianaFund acquires stake in security firm Cynogarde

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New 'defectors' to Secretariat, British embassy in Kuwait, Guiana Space Centre

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

SingaporeTwo more ex-FTIs join Secretariat's investigation team

KuwaitAl Mulla conglomerate secures British embassy

FranceCorporate intelligence veteran in Kourou space centre safety team

Switzerland
Dirty tricks in the oil sector: a fake investigations site and a sham corporate intelligence company

It is a bold choice on the part of an investigations site to link itself clearly to a site claiming to belong to a private investigation company. An oil trader in the Caspian Sea area is currently being targeted by a shadowy Swiss-based investigations site which has done this.

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 2: The clampdown on state clients

In light of the British government's heightened vigilance, private intelligence providers are withdrawing from the hazardous world of litigation support to former Soviet states. But the media fallout from these legal battles is still being felt today.

Saudi Arabia
PIF engages corporate investigators to probe misspending at Neom

A Public Investment Fund's probe completed last spring found evidence of financial trickery and over-spending at Neom. In response, the Saudi government has decided to enlist the support of outside investigators in the region. Sources close to the work say the true scale of spending on Western firms is much larger than has been reported.

Ukraine
French consultant appears in Ukraine's biggest Russian spy case

Ukrainian spymaster's treason and international connections - part 2. In Ukraine's most high-profile case of spying for Russia, the former head of domestic intelligence in Crimea, Oleh Kulinich, is due to stand trial in Kyiv for being a Kremlin mole.

United States
Banco San Juan alleges discrimination against Venezuelan-linked banks

The Puerto Rican Banco San Juan claims that the New York Federal Reserve Bank has unfairly revoked the master accounts of many banks with Venezuelan owners.

United Kingdom
From K2 Integrity to Nigeria, Lebanese fraudster uses rivals' probes in legal battle

Elie Taktouk, a businessman found guilty of fraud, has used the findings of investigations previously ordered into his affairs by his former business associates to prove that he did not have the money to pay them.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
When spies turn storytellers: pseudonyms and secrets in the world of espionage fiction

When former spies become novelists, they often cling to their old cloak-and-dagger habits by publishing under pen names, especially if they are still bound by confidentiality obligations. But sometimes the mask slips.

United Kingdom
London's intelligence village takes stock, looks ahead to 2025

The British capital's well-established corporate intelligence firms such as G3 and The Risk Advisory Group are reviewing the year as it comes to a close. The picture emerging shows that those companies backed by funds are still thriving while others are struggling with plummeting revenues.