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Issue no. 771 dated 23 november, 2016

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FRANCE / INDIA

Rafale’s partner in Delhi now woos Paris

Indian magnate Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the French defence industry’s new ally in India, has been carefully working his contacts in Paris to position himself as the go-to intermediary at a boom time in Franco-Indian bilateral relations.(...) [ 551 words ]

FRANCE

Christian O.

(...) [ 93 words ]
FRANCE

Jean-Jacques Barberis

(...) [ 76 words ]
UNITED KINGDOM

Andreas Baumgartner

(...) [ 72 words ]

Geoint upstart BlueGlass sets sights on NGA

Four small firms in the geospatial intelligence business have teamed to compete with the likes of Google and defence industry giants.(...) [ 329 words ]

Proelium Law looks to Middle East

The London law firm Proelium Law, which wants to carve a niche for itself in the private investigation sector, is looking to develop in Iran and other hot spots.(...) [ 404 words ]

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GREY AREAS

YEMEN / OMAN

Yemen: Muscat talks a fool's game

The collapse of the ceasefire that US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to broker in Yemen suits the various warring factions.(...) [ 371 words ]

FRANCE / UNITED STATES

FBI, French customs’Darknet operation

According to our sources, the French customs intelligence service DNRED (Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquetes Douanieres) and the police forces(...) [ 178 words ]

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FRANCE -

The DGSI

, France’s internal intelligence service, has finally signed a contract with(...) [ 68 words ]

FRANCE -

The SCRT

, France's territorial intelligence service (Service Central du Renseignement(...) [ 100 words ]

FRANCE -

Le Pen woos Lebanese voters in Paris

On November 21, at a party at the Lebanese embassy in Paris to celebrate Lebanon’s national(...) [ 79 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Former Royal Navy chief, embarks on consulting career

A former First Sea Lord and chief of staff of the Royal Navy, George Zambellas has founded(...) [ 97 words ]

FRANCE -

Air force explores arming Caracal

The French Air Force carried out a fact-finding mission in Mexico recently to obtain(...) [ 98 words ]

UNITED STATES

US Intelligence sizes up Flynn

Caught short by Donald Trump’s electoral victory, the US intelligence community is now trying to work out who is Michael Flynn, the new US president-elect’s choice for National Security Advisor.(...) [ 263 words ]

UNITED STATES

CIA challenged by pro-Russia Trump

The CIA is poised to find itself between a new director who has been very critical of Moscow and the US’s new pro-Russian president-elect.(...) [ 131 words ]

FRANCE / UNITED STATES

FBI, French customs’Darknet operation

According to our sources, the French customs intelligence service DNRED (Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquetes Douanieres) and the police forces(...) [ 178 words ]

UNITED STATES -

Vincent Stewart

, the head of the DIA, the Pentagon’s intelligence service, has recently(...) [ 97 words ]

ISRAEL / AZERBAIJAN

Netanyahu keen to seal Iron Dome deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is due to visit Baku next month to strengthen the Israel-Azerbaijan bilateral defence partnership.(...) [ 314 words ]

TURKEY

PKK falls into Tehran’s arms

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Turkish Kurd organisation, is relying ever more closely on Tehran to defend itself from attack by the Turkish Army.(...) [ 178 words ]

LEBANON -

Michel Aoun

, the new president of Lebanon, is to revive the country’s defunct National(...) [ 72 words ]

SAUDI ARABIA / EGYPT -

Mediation between Cairo and Riyadh fails

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz is still angry about Egypt’s attitude to Russia(...) [ 135 words ]

IRAQ -

Kurdish intelligence services cross swords

Masrour Barzani and Lahur Talabani, the heads of two rival intelligence services in Iraqi(...) [ 86 words ]

CHINA

Moscow’s Chinese ally heads Interpol

Meng Hongwei, who was appointed to head Interpol on November 10, is a veteran of Russian-Chinese anti-terrorism cooperation. In charge of consolidating bilateral(...) [ 136 words ]

CHINA -

The Guoanbu

is officially getting a new chief. Geng Huichang, the minister for state(...) [ 137 words ]

CHINA -

Meng Hongwei

, the new head of Interpol (see here) and a former vice president of China’s(...) [ 98 words ]

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THE RED LINE

FRANCE

French desperately seek Sawwaf

The French foreign ministry encouraged Mazen Al Sawwaf to go into partnership with French companies wanting to invest in Saudi Arabia, but the businessman has left them high and dry.(...) [ 351 words ]

UNITED STATES / FRANCE

Squarcini leak exposes Arcanum

The series of leaked e-mails on the website Kazaword over the past few months have exposed the internal workings of Ron Wahid’s corporate intelligence firm. The latter intends to fight back.(...) [ 194 words ]

FRANCE

Anticip eyes Tripoli, Lagos

Richard Terzian’s private security company is too hemmed in in Iraq and is looking for new areas in which to develop its business.(...) [ 200 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Kroll, IMF's forensic accounting favourite

The corporate intelligence giant is grabbing more and more forensic accounting contracts with the international institutions that traditionally work with the Big Four.(...) [ 271 words ]

FRANCE / TADJIKISTAN

Mariani, Thales’ agent in Dushanbe

Thales may soon get a foot in the Tajik marketplace thanks to French MP Thierry Mariani. The French defence company, whose presence in the region is mostly in Kazakhstan,(...) [ 191 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM

EY audit central to Rolls-Royce probe

The investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into Rolls-Royce has taken a fresh turn following revelations about the extent of the corruption, which apparently involved a dozen countries.(...) [ 207 words ] [FREE]

FRANCE / UNITED KINGDOM -

Control Risks Group

(CRG) has partially filled the gap left by Stephanie Lhomme, who(...) [ 123 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Chelsea Group

, the former Hart Integrated Solutions, the security firm founded by Richard(...) [ 98 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Control Risks Group

(CRG) has taken on someone who is particularly well-connected in(...) [ 61 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Hakluyt

, the corporate intelligence firm owned by Holdingham, has hired Thomas Ellis(...) [ 82 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Armour Agent

, which is positioning itself as a supplier of security personnel for private(...) [ 76 words ]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / FRANCE -

Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bad loser to Renouard

Despite several court rulings including one on appeal, Abu Dhabi is still reluctant to(...) [ 132 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM -

Arbuthnot blossoms in cyber-security

Since stepping down as chairman of the parliamentary defence committee in 2014, Conservative(...) [ 110 words ]

FRANCE / SAUDI ARABIA -

SFMC moves forward under Al Jadaan

The new Saudi Arabian finance minister, Mohammed Al Jadaan (IOL 770), has been generous(...) [ 115 words ]

UNITED STATES / FRANCE

Squarcini leak exposes Arcanum

The series of leaked e-mails on the website Kazaword over the past few months have exposed the internal workings of Ron Wahid’s corporate intelligence firm. The latter intends to fight back.(...) [ 194 words ]

UNITED STATES -

Constellis Group

, the US private security giant, is planning to fold the companies it(...) [ 124 words ]

UNITED STATES / QATAR -

Sheikha Moza’s clan lobbies in Washington

Leading Washington lobbying firm Podesta has been hired to advise the Qatari private(...) [ 88 words ]

CANADA -

Airbus Defence lobbies in Canada

Airbus Group has appointed an army of lobbyists in recent weeks to help it sell its C295W(...) [ 83 words ]

FRANCE / TADJIKISTAN

Mariani, Thales’ agent in Dushanbe

Thales may soon get a foot in the Tajik marketplace thanks to French MP Thierry Mariani. The French defence company, whose presence in the region is mostly in Kazakhstan,(...) [ 191 words ]

EGYPT / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Tawazun makes moves in Egypt

The Emirati government-owned Tawazun, which became a part of the giant conglomerate Emirates Defense Industries Co (EDIC) last year, has kept a certain autonomy(...) [ 192 words ]

UNITED STATES / QATAR -

Sheikha Moza’s clan lobbies in Washington

Leading Washington lobbying firm Podesta has been hired to advise the Qatari private(...) [ 88 words ]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / FRANCE -

Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bad loser to Renouard

Despite several court rulings including one on appeal, Abu Dhabi is still reluctant to(...) [ 132 words ]

FRANCE / SAUDI ARABIA -

SFMC moves forward under Al Jadaan

The new Saudi Arabian finance minister, Mohammed Al Jadaan (IOL 770), has been generous(...) [ 115 words ]

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