State Security

The Agencies' Gazette
Domenach at the CNRLT, Mossad in Manama, Romanian cyber

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we head to Tel Aviv, Paris and Bucharest.

Israel/BahrainFirst class of Manama spies complete course with Israeli intelligence.

FranceMuriel Domenach tipped to become new anti-terrorism intelligence boss.

RomaniaBucharest urgently looking for recruits for new cybersecurity directorate.

Russia
Small legislative revolutions in store for Russia's private security sector

With mistrust growing across the board, Moscow is looking for ways to better control the tchopi, or private security firms, operating on Russian territory while at the same time tap into their more in-the-field presence to support the state security services.

Denmark
Navigate Public Affairs unsettles its competitors on the Danish defence market

As the war in Ukraine goes on, the Scandinavian countries, which are looking to rearm, are becoming an increasingly attractive market for public affairs operators. In Copenhagen, Navigate is looking to become the go-to firm for local and foreign defence groups.

France
Administrative delays and cumbersome controls: the CNCTR calls lawmakers to account

The CNCTR is publishing its annual report at a time when the French military appropriations' law is being reviewed, and against a backdrop of tensions between intelligence agencies over the control of their methods.

The Agencies' Gazette
Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Iran, France and Belarus.

IranTehran's Pasdaran spymaster on the way out

FranceLuxury villa awaits DGSE chief in Tripoli

FranceEx-directors absent from DRM's 30th anniversary

BelarusNew narrative in security circles towards the West

China, Ukraine
Beijing's failure to get to grips with the Ukrainian crisis is leading it to seek outside help

Chinese intelligence services are increasingly seeking advice from outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security (Gonganbu) in order to find a solid position on the Ukrainian issue. This use of external sources allows Beijing's leaders to absolve themselves of responsibility for any further poor decisions.

UAE
Former FinFisher boss gives boost to Abu Dhabi's new rising star

After years running Germany's FinFisher Labs, Carlos Gandini moved into consultancy and is now providing his expertise to the UAE's latest cyber intelligence unit, CPX.

Syria
Iranian Pasdaran's Syria plans jeopardised by threat of Turkish intervention

Tehran was counting on Russia's engagement in Ukraine to gain ground in Syria, but its plans have been thrown off course by Turkey's threat of further military engagement in Syria, which has also prevented Russia from withdrawing.

The Agencies' Gazette
Truce in Yemen, Russian executives, Transnistria, Rosfinmonitoring

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we home in on Saana, Moscow and Tiraspol.

YemenAnsarullah still vindictive despite truce

RussiaTemporary lease of life for top security officers

MoldaviaTransnistria, on the lookout, barricades itself

RussiaFinancial intel service keeps its staff happy

China, Ukraine
China and Ukraine's rapprochement hits road bump

After two months of negotiations and the drafting of a clarified road-map, China's President Xi Jingping has finally decided to hold off on a telephone conversation with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

China, Serbia
China gains ground in Serbia with new civil-military partnership model

Beijing's delivery of HQ-22 surface-to-air missiles to Serbia in early April fits in with part of a broader plan to attract non-NATO European countries its way.

China, Ukraine
In Kyiv, Chinese state security conveys Beijing's offer to mediate

The Guoanbu is continuing behind-the-scenes negotiations in Kyiv to try to convince the US and the EU to negotiate with Russia and Ukraine, along the lines of six-party talks used for North Korea.

Afghanistan, China
Guoanbu calls on ISI to cooperate with Taliban secret services

Concerned by the security situation in Afghanistan, China has spoken with the Taliban in order to secure its interests, all with the help of Pakistani spymasters.