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Spymaster | Germany
Philipp Wolff, the strategist driving Germany's intelligence overhaul

Philipp Wolff, a lawyer with prior experience at the BND, is spearheading the sweeping reforms currently shaking up the German security apparatus. He has close ties to France and frequently travels across Europe to brief partner agencies on the revolution underway in Berlin.

Subscribers only Agencies 17.07.2026

Germany's intelligence coordinator Philipp Wolff, on 4 June 2025 in Berlin.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
International SOS strikes big, Michael Oatley dies, OSINT in Beirut

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

ParisDefence ministry senior official joins International SOS

LondonPillar of London's corporate intel scene Michael Oatley dies

BeirutBritish firm trains Lebanese police in OSINT

Subscribers only 08.07.2026

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Measures to combat disinformation in UK hinging on new PM

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's term in office is set to end without a resolution to the matter of how the fight against disinformation should be organised at government level. Should it stay under the remit of the Foreign Office and its intelligence services, or be dealt with in a separate department altogether, as Westminster recommends?

Subscribers only Agencies, Information Wars 07.07.2026

Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Emily Thornberry, have published a bipartisan report calling for the creation of a large, interdepartmental National Counter Disinformation Centre.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CMA CGM security chief stays put, FRS to study US-China risks, G3 showcases spy credentials

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

MarseilleClose call for CMA CGM's security director

ParisFRS foundation to predict US-China risks

LondonEx-spy chiefs swell G3's ranks amid focus on intel networks

Subscribers only 10.06.2026

Spymaster | Iran, United Kingdom
MI6 head Blaise Metreweli, a career Iran watcher facing evolving threat from Tehran

An experienced Middle East hand, Metreweli has the right CV to deal with hybrid warfare attacks emerging from Iran. But historical flaws in the UK's strategy towards the country, highlighted in a recent parliamentary committee report, may be making her job harder.

Subscribers only Agencies, Defence 22.05.2026

The head of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli, on 15 December 2025 in London.

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

A comparative study on China's informational campaigns led in all G7 countries and published in late May, recommends the setting up of a task force to fight common weaknesses, and particularly at local level.

Subscribers only Information Wars 21.05.2026

From left to right: Linda Sun, a Sino-American, and Peter Mandelson, a Briton, both of whom have been implicated in scandals that have rocked G7 countries.

Germany
Berlin tours Europe for tips to bolster intelligence capabilities

German security chiefs are consulting widely across Europe on a number of intelligence-related initiatives, including restructuring the BND, creating a National Security Council, and changing intelligence coordination.

Subscribers only Agencies, Back-Door Diplomacy 08.04.2026

German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) headquarters in Berlin.

Belgium, Russia
Slashed tires and victim of a set-up… confessions of an alleged Russian spy imprisoned in Belgium

Intelligence Online has been leaked details of a conversation with Viktor Labin, who is suspected by the Belgian authorities of being a Russian intelligence officer. His trial is due to begin in April.

Subscribers only Operations 02.04.2026

Brussels' Palace of Justice in Belgium, where Viktor Gennadievich Labin’s trial is due to begin in April 2026.

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
'Le Crunch' rubgy face-off fosters ritual DGSE-MI6 meet

For over a decade, French and British intelligence chiefs have made a habit of attending the Six Nations rugby tournament match between France and England, sitting together in the stands. The next face-off on Saturday at the Stade de France near Paris is no exception.

Subscribers only Agencies, Back-Door Diplomacy 13.03.2026

French rugby player Louis Bielle-Biarrey scores a try during the Guinness Men's Six Nations Championship match at the Stade de France near Paris, on 5 February 2026.

France, United States
The intriguing Gabriel Scheinmann, a grandson of French spies now shaping US diplomacy in Paris

Charles Kushner's chief of staff, Gabriel Scheinmann, is the driving force and architect of some of the US embassy in Paris's most strident actions over the past year. He is also the descendant of a family deeply rooted in the world of French espionage.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 11.03.2026

Gabriel Scheinmann speaking at a conference at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on 8 February 2025.

France, Iran
Reza Pahlavi's long road to recognition in France

The son of Iran's deposed Shah has failed to win over the French establishment, especially French diplomacy which is wary of this divisive figure of the Iranian opposition. Yet this lack of support in France has not prevented Reza Pahlavi from staging a series of carefully orchestrated PR stunts, such as an interview on a prime French TV news show this evening.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 16.02.2026

Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 14 February 2026 in Munich.

The Agencies' Gazette
Epstein files, Martello, EEAS and FTI Consulting

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

New YorkNardello, Riley Kiraly and Interfor among firms appearing in Epstein files

DubaiDisputes support firm Martello makes first hire in Middle East

RiyadhEU sticks with Argus Security Projects and Gulf Falcons Security & Protection

WashingtonFTI bounces back in financial investigation

Subscribers only 11.02.2026

Switzerland
As Greenland crisis escalates, US, UK and Danish spy chiefs gather in Davos

At the World Economic Forum in Davos which opens today until 23 January, all eyes will be on Donald Trump, who has planned to attend amid rising tensions over the future of the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 19.01.2026

The head of Britain's MI6 secret intelligence service Blaise Metreweli is expected in Davos this week.

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This third episode looks back at how the service almost turned its war chest into an investment fund.

Subscribers only Agencies, Defence 07.01.2026

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Tory donor cites Trump-BBC lawsuit in push to unmask public broadcaster's sources

Encouraged by the US president's lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, Mohamed Amersi, a British businessperson close to the Conservative Party, has been airing his own grievances about the broadcaster and seeking to identify the sources of a programme investigating his business dealings.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 24.12.2025

Mohamed Amersi, Chairman of the Amersi Foundation.

France, Russia
From Stresa to Vienna, a Russian military intelligence spy's France mission revealed

GRU's campaign in Europe (1/2). Russia's feared GRU military intelligence, headed by Igor Kostyukov and tasked with spying on Western Europe, was caught red-handed trying to recruit a French soldier stationed at a NATO base in Italy.

Subscribers only Agencies, Operations 02.12.2025

France
The Dupuy-de-Lôme, a French spy ship on a dual intelligence and diplomacy mission

In the face of Russia's rising hostility, the French spy ship Dupuy-de-Lôme has been increasing its missions near the Arctic Circle. While the vessel's primary role is to gather intelligence, these outings also serve to demonstrate France's willingness to back the countries that welcome it.

Subscribers only Operations 25.11.2025

The French Navy intelligence ship Dupuy-de-Lôme entering the port of Varna, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea, on 15 May 2014.

United Kingdom
MI6 promotes Paris chief to top counter-terrorism role

In a sign of how the UK has come to prize its work with France, the British government has brought its intelligence lead in Paris back to London to become head of counter-terrorism.

Subscribers only Agencies 20.11.2025

A sign outside the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London.

United Kingdom, United States
MI6 cleared in probe examining UK's role in post-9/11 CIA interrogations

Following a two-year investigation, a panel of judges at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has found no wrongdoing by the UK government, though the latter admitted to being "too slow" in the 2000s to appreciate the nature of US enhanced interrogation techniques.

Subscribers only Agencies 11.11.2025

The Guantanamo detention centre in Cuba, where CIA interrogations took place after the 11 September 2001 terror attacks on the US.

United Kingdom
Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore launches private sector consultancy

The former spy chief was recently touted, for the second time, as a possible replacement to Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. He has instead followed a long line of former "Cs" into the world of risk consulting.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 11.11.2025

The former head of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) Richard Moore.

Spymaster | Germany
Philipp Wolff, the strategist driving Germany's intelligence overhaul

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
International SOS strikes big, Michael Oatley dies, OSINT in Beirut

ParisDefence ministry senior official joins International SOS

LondonPillar of London's corporate intel scene Michael Oatley dies

BeirutBritish firm trains Lebanese police in OSINT

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Measures to combat disinformation in UK hinging on new PM

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CMA CGM security chief stays put, FRS to study US-China risks, G3 showcases spy credentials

MarseilleClose call for CMA CGM's security director

ParisFRS foundation to predict US-China risks

LondonEx-spy chiefs swell G3's ranks amid focus on intel networks

Spymaster | Iran, United Kingdom
MI6 head Blaise Metreweli, a career Iran watcher facing evolving threat from Tehran

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

Germany
Berlin tours Europe for tips to bolster intelligence capabilities

Belgium, Russia
Slashed tires and victim of a set-up… confessions of an alleged Russian spy imprisoned in Belgium

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
'Le Crunch' rubgy face-off fosters ritual DGSE-MI6 meet

France, United States
The intriguing Gabriel Scheinmann, a grandson of French spies now shaping US diplomacy in Paris

France, Iran
Reza Pahlavi's long road to recognition in France

The Agencies' Gazette
Epstein files, Martello, EEAS and FTI Consulting

New YorkNardello, Riley Kiraly and Interfor among firms appearing in Epstein files

DubaiDisputes support firm Martello makes first hire in Middle East

RiyadhEU sticks with Argus Security Projects and Gulf Falcons Security & Protection

WashingtonFTI bounces back in financial investigation

Switzerland
As Greenland crisis escalates, US, UK and Danish spy chiefs gather in Davos

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Tory donor cites Trump-BBC lawsuit in push to unmask public broadcaster's sources

France, Russia
From Stresa to Vienna, a Russian military intelligence spy's France mission revealed

France
The Dupuy-de-Lôme, a French spy ship on a dual intelligence and diplomacy mission

United Kingdom
MI6 promotes Paris chief to top counter-terrorism role

United Kingdom, United States
MI6 cleared in probe examining UK's role in post-9/11 CIA interrogations

United Kingdom
Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore launches private sector consultancy

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Spymaster | Germany Philipp Wolff, the strategist driving Germany's intelligence overhaul

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette International SOS strikes big, Michael Oatley dies, OSINT in Beirut

ParisDefence ministry senior official joins International SOS

LondonPillar of London's corporate intel scene Michael Oatley dies

BeirutBritish firm trains Lebanese police in OSINT

Spotlight | United Kingdom Measures to combat disinformation in UK hinging on new PM

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette CMA CGM security chief stays put, FRS to study US-China risks, G3 showcases spy credentials

MarseilleClose call for CMA CGM's security director

ParisFRS foundation to predict US-China risks

LondonEx-spy chiefs swell G3's ranks amid focus on intel networks

Spymaster | Iran, United Kingdom MI6 head Blaise Metreweli, a career Iran watcher facing evolving threat from Tehran

Canada, China Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

Germany Berlin tours Europe for tips to bolster intelligence capabilities

Belgium, Russia Slashed tires and victim of a set-up… confessions of an alleged Russian spy imprisoned in Belgium

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom 'Le Crunch' rubgy face-off fosters ritual DGSE-MI6 meet

France, United States The intriguing Gabriel Scheinmann, a grandson of French spies now shaping US diplomacy in Paris

France, Iran Reza Pahlavi's long road to recognition in France

The Agencies' Gazette Epstein files, Martello, EEAS and FTI Consulting

New YorkNardello, Riley Kiraly and Interfor among firms appearing in Epstein files

DubaiDisputes support firm Martello makes first hire in Middle East

RiyadhEU sticks with Argus Security Projects and Gulf Falcons Security & Protection

WashingtonFTI bounces back in financial investigation

Switzerland As Greenland crisis escalates, US, UK and Danish spy chiefs gather in Davos

Deep Dive | France How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Spotlight | United Kingdom Tory donor cites Trump-BBC lawsuit in push to unmask public broadcaster's sources

France, Russia From Stresa to Vienna, a Russian military intelligence spy's France mission revealed

France The Dupuy-de-Lôme, a French spy ship on a dual intelligence and diplomacy mission

United Kingdom MI6 promotes Paris chief to top counter-terrorism role

United Kingdom, United States MI6 cleared in probe examining UK's role in post-9/11 CIA interrogations

United Kingdom Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore launches private sector consultancy

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Spymaster | Germany
Philipp Wolff, the strategist driving Germany's intelligence overhaul

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
International SOS strikes big, Michael Oatley dies, OSINT in Beirut

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Measures to combat disinformation in UK hinging on new PM

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CMA CGM security chief stays put, FRS to study US-China risks, G3 showcases spy credentials

Spymaster | Iran, United Kingdom
MI6 head Blaise Metreweli, a career Iran watcher facing evolving threat from Tehran

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

Germany
Berlin tours Europe for tips to bolster intelligence capabilities

Belgium, Russia
Slashed tires and victim of a set-up… confessions of an alleged Russian spy imprisoned in Belgium

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
'Le Crunch' rubgy face-off fosters ritual DGSE-MI6 meet

France, United States
The intriguing Gabriel Scheinmann, a grandson of French spies now shaping US diplomacy in Paris

France, Iran
Reza Pahlavi's long road to recognition in France

The Agencies' Gazette
Epstein files, Martello, EEAS and FTI Consulting

Switzerland
As Greenland crisis escalates, US, UK and Danish spy chiefs gather in Davos

Deep Dive | France
How the DGSE secret war chest nearly became a CIA-styled investment fund

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Tory donor cites Trump-BBC lawsuit in push to unmask public broadcaster's sources

France, Russia
From Stresa to Vienna, a Russian military intelligence spy's France mission revealed

France
The Dupuy-de-Lôme, a French spy ship on a dual intelligence and diplomacy mission

United Kingdom
MI6 promotes Paris chief to top counter-terrorism role

United Kingdom, United States
MI6 cleared in probe examining UK's role in post-9/11 CIA interrogations

United Kingdom
Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore launches private sector consultancy