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France
French services to track tax fraudsters

France's National Assembly last week passed a bill to fight social welfare and tax fraud that means administrative surveillance can be carried out on suspected fraudsters.

France
Socialist MPs go on the offensive for new tax intelligence laws

The French National Assembly is debating a bill to tackle social security and tax fraud today, and the Socialist Party is keen to prioritise the issue of tax intelligence.

France
Shock at Société Générale after massive raids

A massive 24 June raid by investigators on Société Générale's head office at La Défense in Paris and at the bank's premises in Luxembourg left many stunned, several sources told Intelligence Online.

France
French ex-spy chief trial exposes private intelligence to judicial warning shot

The prosecution's closing arguments in the trial of the former French domestic intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini open the door to a warning to the world of business intelligence. The prosecution criticised the fluctuating definition of the term and the lack of clear regulation of the sector's methods.

China, France, Singapore, Thailand
Ex-Airbus sales execs move onto new Asian pastures

In the Asia-Pacific region, as elsewhere in the world, the aerospace giant has overhauled its sales operations in the wake of anti-corruption investigations. Its former salespeople have branched out into domains that are sometimes far-removed from the aeronautical sector.

The Agencies' Gazette
Canada's CSIS criticised, Zvinchuk hiring, NATO approaches Ukraine intelligence, CCP's candidate for Taiwan, Lahur Talabani spoils the party

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Erbil to Ottawa via Saint Petersburg, Kyiv and Taipei.

Canada/ChinaCSIS at heart of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing

RussiaTelegram channel close to military intelligence is hiring

Ukraine/EuropeNATO boosts cooperation with security teams

TaiwanCCP sees ex-police officer Hou Yu-ih as best shot at presidency

IraqLahur Talabani throws spanner in election plans

Iraq, Turkey
Baghdad called upon to mediate between the MIT and the PUK

Hugely concerned about the origin of the intelligence that allowed the MIT to attack the Sulaymanyah airport on 7 April, the PUK has called on Baghdad to lead the investigation. It is also hoping to calm down the increasingly tense relations between the Talabani clan and Ankara.