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The RAID (Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion) is the French police elite intervention unit that was founded in 1985. It is in competition with the GIGN and the BRI.

SAUDI ARABIA Government Intelligence 11/03/2020

Defence the next target in Saudi power shakeup 

Launched the same time as the oil price war, the recent raid against a number of Saudi princes and security chiefs marks the starting point of a larger shakeup of the defence sector that is about to unfold. [...]

FRANCE AFRICA Government Intelligence 29/01/2020

Abidjan becoming France's West Africa intelligence hub 

As well as forging ahead with the new Abidjan-based International Counter-Terrorism Academy (French acronym AILCT) to improve international coordination on [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/12/2019

Delair takes off thanks to Vincent Bolloré 

The drone manufacturer Delair, which recently won its first contracts [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 18/09/2019

Paris police clean up Bievres battery before shooting range opens 

The Paris Police force is to clean up the former [...]

FRANCE International Dealmaking 09/09/2019

Paris in a drone-shopping frenzy 

The French authorities' procurement forecasts see the state buying more than a thousand drones of all sizes over the next decade, much to the delight of industrials. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM CANADA Corporate Intelligence 04/09/2019

Talks in full swing again between Garda and G4S 

Canadian security and cash transportation giant Garda is interested again in acquiring some or all of the British security firm [...]

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FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 03/07/2019

Rivolier shepherds Sig Sauer deal with commandos 

Two units attached to France's Special Operations Command, or COS [...]

UNITED STATES RUSSIA International Dealmaking 09/01/2019

Ananyev Bros., friends of Kadyrov, haunted by Promsvyazbank ghosts 

Russia's PSB bank has skeletons in its cupboard that were left behind by its previous owners. [...]

IRAQ SYRIA Government Intelligence 29/08/2018

Kurds hot on Al Baghdadi's trail 

Sought by the intelligence services of every country fighting Islamic State, the organisation's elusive leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is being actively hunted by the Kurdish forces. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 25/07/2018

Forces fall out over command helicopters 

French army special forces chiefs are up in arms about [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 28/03/2018

Paris woos Delhi, keeps in with Islamabad 

Although Paris has recently been playing up its security cooperation with the Indian government led by Narendra Modi, a budding [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 27/12/2017

Full security guard for Macron in Abidjan 

In addition to the Groupe de Securite de la Presidence [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 29/11/2017

Old regime meets new with Fauvergue 

To celebrate the launch of "Patron du RAID" (Mareuil Editions), [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 01/11/2017

French terrestrial drones for US commandos 

It is only a small contract for now but it looks set to make a splash. The Navy SEALs have [...]

TURKEY ISRAEL Government Intelligence 26/04/2017

Ankara and Tel Aviv cooperate in defence 

According to Intelligence Online's sources, the Turkish defence minister, Fikri [...]

UNITED STATES Surveillance & Interception 05/04/2017

DIA privatises NMEC, its enemy data exploitation centre 

The management of the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC), which analyzes documents and hard drives seized on the battlefield, is going to be privatized. [...]

UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 05/04/2017

Yemen, Afghanistan ops may save day for CIA 

Under strong fire from Donald Trump, the CIA is attempting to regain the White House's favor by multiplying anti-terrorist operations in Yemen and Afghanistan. [...]

FRANCE SINGAPORE Government Intelligence 05/04/2017

Police chiefs search for tecchies at milpol 

The French interior ministry is going all out to upgrade [...]

SYRIA Government Intelligence 22/03/2017

Russian-Israeli dialogue tested by Tehran 

Like Gulf leaders, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to have a Shi’ite arc at Israel’s borders. When he met [...]

SYRIA LEBANON Government Intelligence 08/03/2017

Nasrallah’s Hezbollah caught between Iran and Syria 

Damascus’ proxy Hezbollah also has to deal with Iran, which is calling for it to deploy more fighters in Syria, and Russia which wants it to leave Syria. [...]