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S-RM, Secretariat, BDMN, European Investment Bank

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

New YorkS-RM takes on Richard Fogarty

Hong KongEx-FTI group expands at Secretariat

LondonEx-Met boss drops his police contracts

Luxembourg cityEuropean Investment Bank doubles client investigation budget

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ADIT/Amarante regional rivalry, Herminius, CR Investigations, Lextrack, De Vinculis

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

LyonAmarante snatches regional council contract from ADIT

LondonHerminius picks new adviser

New York/Boston/WashingtonCR Investigations takes on US staff

London/ViennaNew asset hunter tuned into Central Asia?

LondonNicholas Houghton closes a chapter

United Kingdom
UK-based oligarch litigation lawyers expand investigative capabilities

Law firms Hillmont Partners and Astraea Group are riding high after the long legal battle pitting businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati and their partners against the government of Kazakhstan, with Astraea setting up its own in-house investigation department.

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Audere, security contracts in Niger, ex-FCDO moves to corporate intelligence, Charles Rivers Associates

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

LondonAre short sellers after Audere and CT?

EuropeSecurity providers forced to rethink Niger strategy

LondonFormer FCDO officer sets up corporate intelligence firm

United Kingdom
Ankura's asset tracking and investigation division loses its director

The head of the investigations and asset tracing department at Ankura Consulting in London, has abruptly left the firm and is now looking for business partners.

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Gunvor Group, Alaco, Exiger, Control Risks

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

LondonFormer Schillings investigator joins Gunvor

WashingtonExiger beefs up government contracts department

London/ZurichAlaco's Swiss branch shrinks

WashingtonAlyssa Misner leaves Control Risks

United Kingdom
Stuart Leach Associates, bolstered by former Bell Pottinger staff, strengthens its investigations capacities

Recently founded Stuart Leach Associates is building its own investigation capabilities to back up its reputation management and communication work.

France
French anti-corruption agency defends its use of compliance investigators

As it weighs up whether to stop using private investigation firms, the French anti-corruption agency has found itself embroiled in a heated parliamentary debate. It is preparing to defend its upcoming reform on the matter.

France
French anti-corruption agency wants to regain control of compliance programmes

Following guidelines aimed at limiting the use of foreign consultancies, the AFA is working to take back control of programmes pertaining to judicial public interest agreements, the French answer to the US and UK's "deferred prosecution agreements".

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SITE in Berlin, Ashurst, Grant Thornton in Chicago, Field Intelligence, Audere Securus, from Schillings to Valkyrie

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

BerlinGerman interior ministry picks SITE to combat Islamic fundamentalism

LondonDmitry Sachkov quits TRAG

ChicagoGrant Thornton expands forensic investigations in Midwest

LondonField Intelligence expands consultancy team

LondonAudere Securus ropes in industry legend James Blount

LondonSchillings stalwart joins Valkyrie

France, UAE
Air France vs. Emirates rivalry puts bilateral relations to the test

Civil aviation competition could put a dent in the United Arab Emirates and France's steady bilateral relations, with two of their flag carriers pushing to take on additional flights between the two countries.

Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Russia-Ukraine tensions drive launch of London investigations firm Neo Forensics

Private investigator Mikhail Lastovskiy is now free to speak as he pleases after launching his new firm, Neo Forensics. His pro-Russian stances proved to be awkward for his previous employer, Gateley Omega, a firm that provides services to entities in Kyiv.

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Alaco, StoneTurn, Gravamen, FTI

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

LondonAlaco's James Birkett and Austen Josephs join Dentons

Vienna/FrankfurtKristof Wabl moves up whistleblowing ladder

LondonWill Jenkins goes solo after JS Held

WashingtonFTI's China investigation department lags behind

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Chertoff Group, K2, Pallas, Eyal Weiss

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

WashingtonChertoff Group hires Mark Esper, Bryan Cunningham vanishes

New YorkNeelam Sharma leaves K2

WashingtonDonnelly gets Pallas Industries to change name to Castelion

Washington/Tel AvivEyal Weiss and US-based Forward Risk part company