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

LondonSigns point towards second Audere restructure in two years

LondonReputation protector Digitalis has a new champion

Brussels/BamakoGEOS wins contract to keep EU diplomats in Mali safe

LondonFact UK slims down investigations team

United Kingdom
Investigation firm Audere on high alert as it tries to fend off attacks from its nemesis

While still having to contend with a major staff turnover, the private investigation and security firm Audere is now having to defend itself from attacks in the media and on X from its foes embroiled in the Steward Healthcare short-selling scandal.

Spotlight | Afghanistan, Europe
Competition for huge EU security contract in Afghanistan highly charged

The European Union is preparing its grand return to Kabul, which is now in the hands of the Taliban. But first it is seeking to ensure security on the ground, which is no mean feat given the situation there.

Japan, United States
Japanese investigation market shakeup

US and British intelligence groups are on the lookout for local private investigators in a once tightly closed Japanese market that has been positioning itself as a vector of growth.

France, Japan, United Kingdom
Audere ups its game with new Asia-focused consultants

Oliver Blackmore earlier this year completed taking over Audere International, a corporate intelligence firm founded by his father Charles Blackmore. He is now stepping up recruitment of consultants internationally, particularly in Asia, to strengthen his company's presence there.

United Kingdom
Charles Blackmore sets his succession plan at Audere in motion

The head of small business intelligence firm, Audere International, has brought his son Oliver Blackmore on to the company's board.

United Kingdom
The Foreign Office to invite bids for security and intelligence contracts at high-risk embassies

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's regular contractors for work of this kind are busy preparing their bids.

United Kingdom
London's business intelligence community braces itself for imminent leak

The UK intelligence community is holding its breath - and getting out the popcorn - in anticipation of what looks set to be another major email hack and leak operation that could impact several major cases including the never-ending ENRC saga.

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
The Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority trails French connection to recover its lost funds

Against the backdrop of an interminable dynastic scuffle, the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority is on a vast worldwide hunt to recover arrears reportedly embezzled by its former senior officials, Khater Massaad and Oussama El Omari.

Europe
Page reluctantly passes the baton to Amarante

Security partners Amarante International, founded by Alexandre Hollander, and the Brussels subsidiary of Canada's Garda began operating the €85 million, [...]

United States
After stint with Mintz, Sanchez joins TorchStone

TorchStone Global, the US private security and intelligence firm for [...]

Europe
EU's €100 million Afghanistan security contract in limbo

According to our sources, the European External Action Service (EEAS) is poised to delay its decision on which company will [...]

Israel
Jerusalem, Mecca for private security companies

According to Intelligence Online's sources, Page Group, Stuart Page's private [...]

Afghanistan, Europe
Competition builds for EU Kabul contract

According to our sources, a number of private security companies interested in the contract to protect the European External Action [...]

Spotlight | Europe
Mediterranean a new nest for (private) spies

The long-standing base of any number of government intelligence agencies operating in the Middle East, the island is now becoming a thriving hub for private firms in the business.

Europe
EU's Afghan mega-compound deal stuck in sand

Stuart Page's private security firm Page Group has had its [...]

Europe
EU Afghanistan private security contract gets political

The tender for the contract to protect the EU in Afghanistan continues to be a vexed affair. Over the past [...]

Europe
Contract for EU security in Kabul draws heavyweight contenders

Security firms interested in the massive contract to protect the European Union in Afghanistan are lining up to bid. The deal has prompted some unlikely alliances.