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Argentina, China, United States
Top US general travels to Buenos Aires in bid to block China's JF-17 Thunder aircraft deal

A delegation from the Pentagon is expected to arrive in Buenos Aires on Monday in an effort to convince Argentinian authorities to hold off on several strategic defence agreements with Beijing.

France
French DGSE officers become eligible for veteran status

Officers of France's foreign intelligence service, the DGSE, who have [...]

Iraq
Oil firms DNO, Forza and HKN nervous about resuming Kurdish operations despite Erbil-Baghdad deal

Recent turmoil with Baghdad over the Kurdistan Regional Government's pursuit of economically vital oil sales has undermined the confidence of foreign oil companies in the region, raising fears some will not resume their activities.

Europe, Russia
Association of European Businesses escapes foreign agent status in Moscow and Brussels

The lobbying organisation, which has been caught in the crossfire since Russia invaded Ukraine, has been investigated by both the European Commission and the Russian justice ministry. Both have decided, however, not to take action against it.

France
Official eyebrows raised in France over Le Pen campaign's IT spend

France's political campaign-finance watchdog has questioned the far-right politician's €540,000 cybersecurity contract involving an ex-martial arts champion, former military officers and a supplier conveniently located in Switzerland.

Spotlight | United States
Chinese threat rekindles focus on climate-related intelligence

Both to cater to his electoral base and develop US surveillance capacities, Joe Biden is making climate intelligence a priority, not only to anticipate climate change-related disasters but also to get a step ahead of China on the issue.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Day renames Diligence, Parly goes solo, GoodCorp helps French anti-corruption, StoneTurn's UK cuts, Cooper aids FGS and Sanctuary, JS Held closures

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 Geneva, Paris, London, New York, Chicago, Sacramento...

Geneva Nick Day drops Diligence brand name

Paris Parly goes into consultancy

Paris/London GoodCorporation taps into anti-corruption sector

New York StoneTurn makes UK cuts

London Former Cameron strategist helps FGS and Sanctuary

Chicago/Sacramento JS Held waves bye to branches

Saudi Arabia, Syria
Saudi Arabia's earthquake aid reveals Riyadh's changing posture towards Syria

Saudi Arabia and Syria's secret normalisation process has been brought into the open by recent Saudi deliveries of humanitarian aid to areas of Syria controlled by Assad, an initiative that paves the way for more direct diplomatic contact.

Thailand
China casts shadow over Bangkok telecoms market

The merger of Thailand's second and third largest mobile telephone operators, True Corp and DTAC, will create a national behemoth, benefitting True's Chinese-Thai owner CP Group, that will control the new entity's data centres.

The Agencies' Gazette
Kovalchuk clan in Kremlin, INIS fights corruption, Washington in Riyadh, Beijing and its reservists, China's model ambassador in Paris

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Moscow to Baghdad, via Washington, Riyadh and Beijing.

RussiaKovalchuk clan adds another link to Kremlin spymasters

IraqINIS helps with Sudani's crackdown on corruption

United States/Saudi ArabiaWashington calls for greater intelligence sharing with Gulf Cooperation Council

ChinaBeijing relies on reserves to expand PLA

ChinaLu Shaye, ambassador in Paris, in Beijing's good graces

United States
Former FBI deputy Timothy Murphy takes on fight against short-selling attacks

Tracking illegal short selling for Genius Group is the latest private sector job for the former FBI senior official, who has reaped profits from cyber to crypto. His new appointment has bestowed gravitas on the Singaporean education technology firm which was reeling from its volatile stock.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

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.