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Serious Fraud Office

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an independent government department responsible for investigating major fraud and corruption cases. It reports to the Attorney General and is authorized to access confidential information and classified documents for financial investigations.

United Kingdom
Stuart Page removed from target list in RAK-ENRC legal battle

The legal teams leading the fight against former Dechert lawyer Neil Gerrard have dropped the charges they had been levelling at business intelligence and security industry veteran Stuart Page, Africa Intelligence understands.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 16.02.2022

United Kingdom
MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Speaking in a House of Commons debate on what they qualify as "lawfare" waged by oligarchs in London, a group of British MPs have raised their concerns about anti-SLAPP procedures and the legal firms and a small set of private investigators involved in them.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 01.02.2022

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

Legal efforts to corner Neil Gerrard, the arch-enemy of Kazakhstan's ENRC group, are gathering pace on three continents, increasingly exposing the activities of the intelligence firms involved and endangering the existence of Britain's Serious Fraud Office.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 26.01.2022

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

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

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 14.01.2022

Spotlight | United Kingdom
US due diligence firm Exiger to monitor foreign investment for Boris Johnson

The company founded by former Kroll CEO Michael Cherkasky will provide its screening and due diligence platform to the new Investment Security Unit created within the British Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to investigate economic predation threats - especially from China.

Free access Corporate Intelligence 12.01.2022

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
W1, new Washington outfit of David Tinsley, American 'fixer' of the SFO

Described by a British court as the "fixer" between the Serious Fraud Office and UnaOil in one of the most sensitive corruption cases that the British anti-corruption authority has faced, the US private investigator David Tinsley has welcomed the attention to open a new firm close to the US anti-corruption authorities.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 22.12.2021

France
Tax authorities catch up with hidden 'Kazakhgate' commission

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's representative for Central Asia, Aymeri de Montesquiou received an undeclared sum of €199,000 during a project with oligarch Patokh Chodiev, the primary mediator in Airbus Group's military equipment and satellite deal with Kazakhstan.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 01.12.2021

French former UDI Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou.

China, France
China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

Specialising in microchips, an activity that is at the centre of US-Chinese rivalry, China's Fatri is treading carefully as it pursues its push into France.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 18.11.2021

Fatri founder Yongzhong Nie (left) welcomed LREM MP Jean-Michel Mis to China in 2019.

Spotlight | Europe, South Korea
Airbus turns page on turbulent period in Seoul

Over the past few years, South Korea has been a complicated territory for Airbus. The group, battered by difficult commercial campaigns and multiple anti-corruption investigations, finally seems to be regaining its foothold in both the civil and military markets.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 16.11.2021

Korea Aerospace Industries' Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), based on the Airbus H155, was developed following a contract signed in early 2015 between the Korean manufacturer and Airbus.

France
New anti-bribery bill appears doomed

MP Raphaël Gauvain still hasn't managed to get his draft "Sapin 3" law onto parliament's agenda. Various stakeholders, such as France's anticorruption agency, senior civil servants and local authorities have laboured to bury the bill even as the OECD is evaluating the country and some foreign jurisdictions are keeping a close eye on it.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 09.11.2021

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Gulf sponsors have high hopes in well-connected UK Abraham Accords Group

The informal diplomatic group was launched in July by a trio of consultants-politicians with extensive business connections in the Abraham Accords countries. Its operations will be headed by a consultant from Pall Mall Communications, which handles PR for the UAE in London.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 03.11.2021

United Kingdom
Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Business intelligence group Raedas has recruited forensics veteran David Lawler to strengthen its position in the growing market for these invesitigations.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 20.10.2021

Spotlight | United Kingdom
UK's counter state threats bill worries investigators and lobbyists alike

London, the influence and corporate intelligence capital of the world, wants to adopt a form of foreign agent registration, a measure that could jeopardise a number of contracts being negotiated behind doors.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 01.09.2021

Insiders | Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

A former A1 executive, Dmitry Alexeyevich Vozianov has rapidly become a key contact for oligarchs embroiled in legal and commercial battles in both London and Moscow. Operating in the shadows, the litigation shooter relies on a broad network of allies, built up over many years at Alfa Group.

Subscribers only 21.07.2021

Dmitry Vozianov, litigation shooter and polo player.

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

ENRC's court case against its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office got underway last week, putting the spotlight back on an array of consultants who have worked for the parties over the course of their 10-year battle.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 31.05.2021

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
FN Herstal case puts European spotlight back on business networks during Abdullah era

The corruption conviction handed down to the consulting firm GPT Special Project Management, an Airbus Group subisidiary that works for the Saudi Arabian National Guard, on 28 April, is not the end of the firm's woes.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 25.05.2021

France, Indonesia
Dassault, Airbus tiptoe through anti-corruption minefield on Indonesian deals

A number of ambitious military deals with Jakarta are on the agenda. But they are being hampered by anti-corruption investigations.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 21.05.2021

United Kingdom, United States
New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

Ahead of the court hearing into his dispute with Kazakh conglomerate ENRC, a new PR campaign has been unleashed, helped by a well-established investigator.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 17.05.2021

United Kingdom
More investigators embroiled in Neil Gerrard's legal disputes

A case management conference was held in London on 21 April into a complaint filed by jailed Jordanian lawyer against Neil Gerrard, a former partner in the law firm Dechert. The affair, which is closely linked to litigation launched by Farhad Azima against the RAK and others by ENRC against Gerrard, involves some of the top names in British private investigation.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 26.04.2021

China, France
Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA

The recent collapse of HNA Group is a major blow to Gérard Houa, the French businessman and consultant who is reputed to have one of the best contact networks in the Chinese establishment. The problems he is currently encountering are throwing fresh light on the role he has played in the past in France and China's business dealings.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 20.04.2021

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Serious Fraud Office

United Kingdom
Stuart Page removed from target list in RAK-ENRC legal battle

United Kingdom
MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

Spotlight | United Kingdom
US due diligence firm Exiger to monitor foreign investment for Boris Johnson

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
W1, new Washington outfit of David Tinsley, American 'fixer' of the SFO

France
Tax authorities catch up with hidden 'Kazakhgate' commission

China, France
China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

Spotlight | Europe, South Korea
Airbus turns page on turbulent period in Seoul

France
New anti-bribery bill appears doomed

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Gulf sponsors have high hopes in well-connected UK Abraham Accords Group

United Kingdom
Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Spotlight | United Kingdom
UK's counter state threats bill worries investigators and lobbyists alike

Insiders | Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
FN Herstal case puts European spotlight back on business networks during Abdullah era

France, Indonesia
Dassault, Airbus tiptoe through anti-corruption minefield on Indonesian deals

United Kingdom, United States
New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

United Kingdom
More investigators embroiled in Neil Gerrard's legal disputes

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Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA

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China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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Central America, China, South America Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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Serious Fraud Office

United Kingdom Stuart Page removed from target list in RAK-ENRC legal battle

United Kingdom MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States 17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

Spotlight | United Kingdom US due diligence firm Exiger to monitor foreign investment for Boris Johnson

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States W1, new Washington outfit of David Tinsley, American 'fixer' of the SFO

France Tax authorities catch up with hidden 'Kazakhgate' commission

China, France China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

Spotlight | Europe, South Korea Airbus turns page on turbulent period in Seoul

France New anti-bribery bill appears doomed

Spotlight | United Kingdom Gulf sponsors have high hopes in well-connected UK Abraham Accords Group

United Kingdom Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Spotlight | United Kingdom UK's counter state threats bill worries investigators and lobbyists alike

Insiders | Russia, United Kingdom Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

United Kingdom Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia FN Herstal case puts European spotlight back on business networks during Abdullah era

France, Indonesia Dassault, Airbus tiptoe through anti-corruption minefield on Indonesian deals

United Kingdom, United States New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

United Kingdom More investigators embroiled in Neil Gerrard's legal disputes

China, France Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Europe, Russia
Chechen separatism, the anti-Putin trump card

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Central America, China, South America
Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

United Kingdom
Stuart Page removed from target list in RAK-ENRC legal battle

United Kingdom
MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

France, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

Spotlight | United Kingdom
US due diligence firm Exiger to monitor foreign investment for Boris Johnson

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
W1, new Washington outfit of David Tinsley, American 'fixer' of the SFO

France
Tax authorities catch up with hidden 'Kazakhgate' commission

China, France
China's Fatri gets foothold in France through Airbus and French parliament connections

Spotlight | Europe, South Korea
Airbus turns page on turbulent period in Seoul

France
New anti-bribery bill appears doomed

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Gulf sponsors have high hopes in well-connected UK Abraham Accords Group

United Kingdom
Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Spotlight | United Kingdom
UK's counter state threats bill worries investigators and lobbyists alike

Insiders | Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
FN Herstal case puts European spotlight back on business networks during Abdullah era

France, Indonesia
Dassault, Airbus tiptoe through anti-corruption minefield on Indonesian deals

United Kingdom, United States
New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

United Kingdom
More investigators embroiled in Neil Gerrard's legal disputes

China, France
Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA