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UNITED KINGDOM Surveillance & Interception 27/07/2021

British OSINT provider X Cyber gains steady stream of backers

Founded by former British intelligence officers, X Cyber offers consultancy and open source intelligence services and has already landed some heavyweight financial backers despite its small size and short time on the market. [...]

Spotlight UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 23/07/2021

Britain's HMGCC looks to serve as bulwark against Beijing

The communications security agency, which develops gadgets for the intelligence community, is at the front line of efforts to counter Chinese espionage. [...]

Mark Sedwill, former National Security Advisor (NSA) to Boris Johnson. © House of Commons/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 14/07/2021

Former top Downing Street mandarin Sedwill joins firm advising Singapore's Temasek

Mark Sedwill, who stepped down as Britain's most senior civil servant last year, has recently ventured into private consulting, becoming an adviser to Rothschild bank and Westbury Partners. [...]

Moldova's President Maia Sandu is gradually replacing intelligence officials. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

MOLDOVA Government Intelligence 08/07/2021

Moldovan intelligence services caught in rivalry between pro-EU and pro-Russian camps

Moldova's president Maia Sandu, who was elected to office last December, is gradually replacing Moldovan intelligence officials appointed by her pro-Russian predecessor Igor Dodon with a younger, pro-European, generation. [...]

Alex Younger, director of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, or MI6) from 2014 to 2020. © Andrew Milligan/Pool via Reuters

Spotlight UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 23/06/2021

Ex-MI6 chief Alex Younger carves niche in private sector

After his post-service pause, Alex Younger, the former head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), is developing his role as a consultant, which will bring him into contact with a member of the board of Huawei, a company the British intelligence community is very concerned about. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 07/06/2021

CIA brings in new London chief of station

The most emblematic of the CIA's overseas stations, London, is getting a new chief. The appointment is of significant importance for both the British and US intelligence communities. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 28/04/2021

BEIS arms British government against economic warfare

Thanks to the twin arsenal of the new Investment Security Unit (ISU) and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), Britain's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is becoming an economic intelligence war machine, with MI6's help. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 07/04/2021

DGSI adapts to new European intelligence landscape

The French internal intelligence service, the DGSI, is in the [...]

FRANCE EUROPEAN UNION Government Intelligence 01/03/2021

Europol's antiterrorism projects annoy Paris

Earlier this month, the European Commission sent a delegation in an attempt to shift France's refusal to endorse its plans for Europol. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2021

Gummer garners support for gambling charity

Former Conservative MP and parliamentary undersecretary for immigration Seema Kennedy is joining Peter Gummer, Lord Lord Chadlington, at Action Against [...]

HONGKONG Corporate Intelligence 17/02/2021

Ex-CIA officer Pockette takes charge of Oceania operations at Kalavinka

The Hong Kong-based corporate intelligence firm Bridger Intelligence rebranded to Kalavinka late last year. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 10/02/2021

Hakluyt in front to advise OneWeb

The telecommunications satellite constellation company OneWeb completed an investment round at the beginning of the year that saw SoftBank take [...]

Elninio founder Christopher Mackmurdo. © Elninio

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 03/02/2021

Mackmurdo promotes hybrid approach to British government through Elninio

Growing interest in hybrid warfare has spawned a number of new specialist consulting firms, including British intelligence strategy expert Chris Mackmurdo's Elninio. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 27/01/2021

MPs have reservations about National Security and Investment Bill

In a critical report on Britain's National Security and Investment Bill (NSIB) published on 19 January, Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee [...]

In December 2002, Queen Elizabeth II received Bashar al-Assad and his London-born wife, Asma. © Kirsty_Wigglesworth/EPA/MaxPPP

Spotlight UNITED STATES SYRIA UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 13/01/2021

New US Caesar Act sanctions raise heckles in London's pro-Bashar establishment

The recent sanctions against Syrian first lady Asma Al Assad and a number of her UK based relatives have implications for the pro-Damascus community in London. [...]

RUSSIA TURKEY International Dealmaking 22/12/2020

IIB's Russian spies pour into Ankara

International Investment Bank (IIB), the Russian-controlled development bank that critics have dubbed Putin's Trojan horse, is beginning to occupy a prominent place in Ankara's financing programmes with Western partners. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 02/12/2020

Adamescu consultants' findings dismissed by court

A London court rejected submissions from consultants working for Romanian businessman Bogdan Alexander Adamescu, along with his appeal against what [...]

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 18/11/2020

Scarlett and Carlile exit extradition

Partners in the consulting and intelligence firm SC Strategy, Lord [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 26/10/2020

French absent from international cooperation that led to GRU hackers' indictment

When US prosecutors thanked allies for their help in bringing charges against six Russian military intelligence officials last week, there was no mention of France. [...]

John Scarlett, Former Head of MI6. © GIAN EHRENZELLER/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 07/10/2020

Scarlett's firm hires FCO veteran Will Jessett

SC Strategy, the firm founded by John Scarlett, the former boss of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or MI6, and [...]

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