Veracity Worldwide

Switzerland
Dirty tricks in the oil sector: a fake investigations site and a sham corporate intelligence company

It is a bold choice on the part of an investigations site to link itself clearly to a site claiming to belong to a private investigation company. An oil trader in the Caspian Sea area is currently being targeted by a shadowy Swiss-based investigations site which has done this.

Spotlight | Russia, United Kingdom
Same contractor provided CT Group with allegedly forged records in three London High Court disputes

Treated as a star source by senior executives, a former Eastern European spy now living in Russia provided the investigations firm with bank statements, database excerpts and real estate valuations. All have been labelled forgeries in High Court litigation.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
TD International, Mandaura, Control Risks, Bernard Emié

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonFormer CIA officers join forces at TDI

ParisOSINTracker offered via Mandaura

DubaiTycoon Ivor Ichikowitz's ex-business partner at Control Risks

ParisEx-foreign intelligence head Bernard Émié lunches at the Elysée

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
ADIT/Amarante regional rivalry, Herminius, CR Investigations, Lextrack, De Vinculis

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LyonAmarante snatches regional council contract from ADIT

LondonHerminius picks new adviser

New York/Boston/WashingtonCR Investigations takes on US staff

London/ViennaNew asset hunter tuned into Central Asia?

LondonNicholas Houghton closes a chapter

United Kingdom
Stuart Leach Associates, bolstered by former Bell Pottinger staff, strengthens its investigations capacities

Recently founded Stuart Leach Associates is building its own investigation capabilities to back up its reputation management and communication work.

France
French government gives green light for ADIT takeover of armed forces' operator DCI

ADIT has officially taken control of Défense Conseil International. France's Commission for Shareholdings and Transfers has just validated the sale of some of the French State's shares to the country's leading corporate intelligence group, thereby transforming it into a major player.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Reputational risk management at JPMorgan, Ground Truth exodus, from JS Held to Delta Consulting, Hollis moves to Aperio

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

New YorkJPMorgan hires ESG investigator to boost reputation protection

LondonGround Truth Intelligence parts ways with top execs

Miami/WashingtonArnold Castillo joins Delta Consulting from JS Held

LondonCharles Hollis joins Aperio

United Kingdom
Former GPW teams remind JS Held of their valuable clientele

Investigators at British corporate intelligence firm JS Held UK, formerly with GPW, are worried about further redundancies despite their prestigious client base.

United Kingdom
From GCAP to Saudi Arabia, BAE Systems' intelligence unit is booming

Run by former intelligence officers, the British defence giant's newly revamped intelligence unit is in full swing.

United Kingdom
Amid budget cuts, JS Held reshapes investigation department

Layoffs have led to tensions at the London office of JS Held, which recently acquired the corporate intelligence firm GPW.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Will Jenkins dismissed from GPW, Veracity in Tokyo, and ADIT boosts Canada office

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonWill Jenkins dismissed from JS Held

New York/TokyoVeracity grows in Tokyo

Paris/TorontoADIT boosts North America team via Canada

Israel, Japan
Cyber expert Norihiko Ishihara links up Tokyo, New York and Tel Aviv

With his military and intelligence background, the businessman Norihiko Ishihara has been making a name for himself in Japan's cyber industry, mainly by bringing in Israeli and American expertise to the country but also by helping Japanese groups enter those markets.

United Kingdom
BAE intelligence chief joins Brennan and Partners

After ten years holding down the British defence giant's most secretive role, Andrew Cooper has moved into corporate diplomacy alongside Daniel Brennan, prominent barrister and former member of the UK parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

United Kingdom
Raedas extends its global client base through hire of star CIS lawyer

The new head of client relations at London investigations firm Raedas will be expected to make use of her connections in regions ranging from Russia to Brazil in order to attract lawyers looking for backup on legal cases.

Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, United States
The West's scattered response to its ex-fighter pilots training Chinese counterparts

For some time, US, Australian, British and French pilots have been training their Chinese air force counterparts, as we revealed in May last year. Caught unprepared, their governments are now scrambling to find legal means to stop the practice from benefitting their strategic adversary.

Spotlight | China, United States
Risk and Intelligence firms' hunger for ex-CIA China experts grows

As relations between the US and China grow ever more tense, corporate intelligence firms are keen to have several ex-CIA China experts among their ranks, with traditional investigation firms vying for the same recruits as new AI-based analysis providers.