Ambani is the key intermediary for the French military-industrial complex in India. ©Bloomberg FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
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FRANCE 29/08/2018 Civipol seeks expert for Ivorian intelligence law Civipol, the office attached to the French interior ministry, is [...]
FRANCE 18/07/2018 French internal intelligence plays musical chairs In the midst of a major rethink about the presence of French internal intelligence on the ground, the quiet summer period has seen a number of shake ups at local field offices. [...]
FRANCE 30/05/2018 Former SCRT officer mooted to head IGPN Nathalie Peucelle, the national police comptroller general and deputy chief [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 11/04/2018 French internal intelligence service finally launches a reform Despite the ever-present threat of terrorism in France, the DGSI, France's main internal intelligence service, is preparing structural upheaval. [...]
FRANCE 14/03/2018 Former DGSI agents take up residence in sensitive embassies The new promotion of internal security attaches to French embassies, which was decided last month, will mostly involve the staff [...]
FRANCE 31/01/2018 Former DGSE people get involved in Olympic preparations According to our sources, Pierre Lieutaud, the former assistant National [...]
FRANCE 29/11/2017 Documentary on RG in the works Free Olivier Toscer, a former star reporter with the French weekly [...]
FRANCE 01/11/2017 Joannesse to replace Gayraud at UCLAT Loic Garnier, the head of the French anti-terrorist unit UCLAT [...]
FRANCE 18/10/2017 Battesti exfiltered from China to interior ministry Eric Battesti, a commissioner who used to be with France's [...]
FRANCE 04/10/2017 Presidential CTC welcomes back Chirac's intelligence henchmen France's new National Counter-terrorism Centre, set up on President Emmanuel Macron's orders, is creating a role for Jacques Chirac's intelligence inner circles. [...]
FRANCE 06/09/2017 SCRT command shared between former RG and ex-DST Hugues Bricq , the former chief of staff of Jean-Marc Falcone at the Direction Generale (DGPN), who was appointed to [...]
FRANCE 26/04/2017 DGSI's anti-terrorism department gets legal chief According to our sources, Lucile Rolland has stepped down as the head of the DGSI's anti-terrorism, or "T", department, after [...]
FRANCE 22/03/2017 Generation change in internal intelligence Francoise Bilancini, who was appointed to head the Paris police intelligence service Direction du Renseignement de la Prefecture de Police [...]
FRANCE 08/02/2017 Race on for Bailly’s successor as Paris intelligence chief French intelligence circles are abuzz over who will succeed Rene Bailly, the powerful head of the Paris Police intelligence service, [...]
FRANCE 21/12/2016 Candidates jockey for DGSI job Although the holiday season is looming fast, the French intelligence community remains closely focused on who will replace the DGSI's outgoing chief Patrick Calvar. [...]
FRANCE 21/12/2016 Frederic Lauze Frederic Lauze, the internal mediator of the French national police [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 07/12/2016 Rivalries persist in internal intelligence The next French president will have an array of key intelligence appointments to make when he comes to office next year, since many of those in place at the DGSI the DGSE and other services are due to retire. It [...]
FRANCE 26/10/2016 Bailly enjoying Squarcini spectacle Rene Bailly, the head of intelligence of the Prefecture de [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 14/01/2015 An operational success, an intelligence failure Two lessons can be learned from the terrorist attacks that rocked Paris last week: while the inter-ministerial crisis centre operated by the interior ministry rose to the occasion, successfully coordinating the operations that neutralised the jihadists, there were flaws in [...]
