Steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta doesn't just have the UK's Serious Fraud Office on his tail: intelligence firm Alaco is also tracking his assets on behalf of his rival ArcelorMittal.
Getting taken into custody for allegedly compromising national security appears to be a surefire way for an author to sell copies of their book. That at least was what happened to three of the writers who feature in our round-up of intelligence-related books in French.
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A handful of advisers and business diplomats who facilitated former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's comings and goings between Paris and Moscow are still well-connected with French companies with assets in Russia.
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