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The Agencies' Gazette
William Burns' book tour, prize-winning French spy novel, Pyongyang under Beijing's influence

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United StatesWilliam Burns preparing book promotional tour

FranceFrench spymasters unanimous on Spy Novel Prize winner

North Korea/ChinaBetween Russia and the US, Pyongyang's diplomacy under Beijing's control

The Agencies' Gazette
ODNI general counsel, Tracfin vs child sexual abuse, Australian-Indian dialogue, UNODC rivalry

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United StatesIntelligence community's general counsel resigns

FranceTracfin publishes details of efforts to combat child sexual abuse

Australia/IndiaAustralia India Institute in Melbourne spearheads strategic partnership

Abu DhabiRival talks at UN Office on Drugs and Crime conf

France
Havas Paris launches corporate intelligence division

The French advertising agency run by Yannick Bolloré, the son of billionaire Vincent Bolloré, has just poached an intelligence specialist from the French defence ministry to branch out into areas traditionally served by Adit and Axis & Co.

Saudi Arabia, United States
The Shehail clan central to US-Saudi defence contracts

Long-standing partners for US defence in Saudi Arabia, the new generation of the Shehail clan is strengthening its position within the kingdom's key institutions.

North Korea, Russia
Russian firms sanctioned over trade with Pyongyang

Trading with Pyongyang is proving problematic for Russian firms, including within their own country, documents reviewed by Intelligence Online have revealed.