MI6

• NEW YORK - Nardello seeks new London bureau chief
  

• LONDON - Adrian Stones quits Alaco
  

• NEW YORK - JS Held recruits from Kroll

• LONDON - The GPW deal in numbers

• WASHINGTON - Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own
  

MI6 strengthens legal team to weigh in on future changes in intelligence legislation 

Faced with a packed legislative schedule involving the Investigatory Powers Act, National Security Bill and Human Rights Act, the British foreign intelligence service is strengthening its legal team, which has been tasked with lobbying in Westminster.

UK Home Office reorganises intelligence to better monitor post-Brexit borders 

The Border Force and immigration intelligence services are to be merged into a single Home Office directorate, which will second some of its analysts to GCHQ.

Future lead on counter-disinformation CDU bolsters technical capabilities 

The UK's Counter Disinformation Unit, part of the DCMS, will soon be equipped with a digital platform using artificial intelligence. With the support of the private sector, it is set to become the leader in countering information offensives from foreign states.

Home Office puts figure on unmasking a foreign spy 

The National Security Bill, the first reform of Britain's counter-intelligence law since 1911, has involved some intricate number-crunching by the Home Office.

China-focused Lib Dem stalwart Clement-Jones joins corporate intelligence advisory  Free

Stuart Poole-Robb's boutique corporate intelligence firm, KCS, is hoping the arrival of a political heavyweight and a SIS veteran will put the wind back in its sails.

• LONDON - Retired Lord Richards leaves Equilibrium without a captain.

• WASHINGTON - 5 Stones poaches more DEA agents in D.C.

• SEATTLE - Concentric expands Washington seat.

• LONDON - Cyber firm Othrys gets a new CISO. 

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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.

How Paris prepared its intelligence services for the Russian offensive in Ukraine 

France was quick to set aside its reservations about the likelihood of an imminent Russian invasion and put its intelligence services and military units on standby a few hours before it started. The main focus was then to make up for its human resource gaps.

Westminster wants own counterintelligence 

The Security Intelligence & Risk Analysis Service (SIRAS) is being set up a month after MI5 warned about supected Chinese agent Christine Lee. This move also comes as foreign interference in British politics has become one of parliament's major concerns.

• LONDON - A TV producer at the helm of intelligence firm Othrys. 

• PARIS - Ercom and Suneris made full Thales units with Cyril Autant appointment.

• LONDON - Hart Security to dispatch intelligence experts to UK's most at-risk embassies. 

• PARIS - Risk&Co brings ex-Amarante manager Dimitri Akarawitage to boost corporate security management line.

Pioneer Michael Oatley still fighting fit with Timeoroi 

At 87, Michael Oatley, one of the trailblazers to shape the London business intelligence scene as we know it today, has not gone quietly into retirement. He still seems very much an active member of Timeoroi, the consultancy he runs with oil trading veteran Steve Kelbrick as well as a number of old friends in the sector.