MI6

France
DGSE recruitment drive hampered by security vetting procedures

France's external intelligence service has announced plans to recruit 800 new staff in 2023 but some candidates are being discouraged by its cumbersome recruitment procedures

Spotlight | United States
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Avisa parties, Alexandre Benalla in London, Strider Technologies, T&M USA

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

LondonAvisa's relaunch parties

London/ParisAlexandre Benalla bounces back in London

LondonDavid Kilby quits Herminius for Strider Technologies

New YorkEx-FBI chief Thomas Sheer advises T&M USA

The Intelligence Gazette
Ukraine's SSSCIP, Foreign Affairs Committee, China experts at Foreign Office, Wiretapping radicals

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

UkraineSpecial communications service wants more soldiers

United KingdomForeign Affairs Committee calls on intelligence experts to tackle terrorism mission

United Kingdom/ChinaForeign Office builds expertise on China

FranceIntelligence tensions over the surveillance of radical movements minimised before parliament

France, Russia
Allegedly GU-linked Ruslan Pukhov launches new intelligence magazine

Think tank director Ruslan Pukhov - who is persona non grata in France for his alleged links to the Russian military intelligence service - has just brought out a new intel-focused magazine.

United Kingdom
From GCAP to Saudi Arabia, BAE Systems' intelligence unit is booming

Run by former intelligence officers, the British defence giant's newly revamped intelligence unit is in full swing.

The Intelligence Gazette
Defence intelligence, Eurocorps headed by Pole, US adviser in Tbilisi, and Irsem under investigation

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris, via Warsaw and Tbilisi.

United KingdomMilitary intelligence soon to be included in Tri-Agency's China initiative

Europe/PolandWarsaw takes up residence at Eurocorps in Strasbourg

US/GeorgiaA new US adviser in Tbilisi

FranceStrife and internal investigation at defence ministry think tank Irsem

United Kingdom
Martin Clements, Ultra's guardian and cyber prospector in Zurich

Former UK foreign ministry security expert Martin Clements is juggling strategic roles in London with the development of his Swiss firm with former MI6 chief Alex Younger.

France
Tracfin executives' exodus to private sector continues

Tracfin has seen a steady stream of departures as heavyweights take up posts in the private sector, spurred by repeated attempts at internal reform in a French financial intelligence service already rife with tensions, and amid accusations it is becoming politicised.

Iraq, Turkey
Turkey's MIT hands control of Makhmur refugee camp to Baghdad

Forced to give in to Turkish intelligence demands, the Iraqi government in Baghdad is conducting an operation to control suspected PKK fighters, with the implicit involvement of the Barzanis' KDP, which remains close to Turkey.

Cyprus, United Kingdom
Oligarchs' fixers look for fixers of their own to help them escape sanctions

The consultants operating behind the scenes for their already sanctioned former Russian oligarch clients are themselves being increasingly targeted by Western sanctions. They are looking for investigators to help them avoid or at least reduce the impact of those measures.

United Kingdom
BAE intelligence chief joins Brennan and Partners

After ten years holding down the British defence giant's most secretive role, Andrew Cooper has moved into corporate diplomacy alongside Daniel Brennan, prominent barrister and former member of the UK parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

France, United Kingdom
Franck Petitgas crowns London career with appointment as Sunak's adviser

The French banker's new role as economic and business adviser to the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak caps a career in the City of London, where he has a solid network in financial, diplomatic and intelligence circles through the Legion d'Honneur.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Lynx lends a hand to carpenters' brotherhood, Charlie Gammell joins G3, new Hakluyt recruit covers Japan and Australia, EPEE joins ADIT group

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on the events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and Paris.

Los AngelesLynx assists carpenters' brotherhood

LondonNew intelligence director at G3

TokyoCooper brings Japanese and Australian expertise to Hakluyt

ParisEPEE joins ADIT

United Kingdom
Britain's National Cyber Force emerges from the shadows

The UK's discreet and fast-growing National Cyber Force is destined to spearhead Britain's fight against its enemies in cyberspace. In a key document published this month, it takes steps to establish its own identity.