France, Iraq
Laurent Wauquiez under close protection in Baghdad

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Othrys, Ercom, Hart Security, Risk&Co

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 London and Paris.

LondonA TV producer at the helm of intelligence firm Othrys.

ParisErcom and Suneris made full Thales units with Cyril Autant appointment.

LondonHart Security to dispatch intelligence experts to UK's most at-risk embassies.

ParisRisk&Co brings ex-Amarante manager Dimitri Akarawitage to boost corporate security management line.

Spotlight | France
Struggling private security sector faces further concentration

Confronted with their traditional clients' harsh budget cuts and in the absence of solid alternative revenue streams, a number of French private security firms look set to merge or fold.

Spotlight | Europe
Mediterranean a new nest for (private) spies

The long-standing base of any number of government intelligence agencies operating in the Middle East, the island is now becoming a thriving hub for private firms in the business.

Iraq, United Kingdom
Kar Group finances Kurd-British relations

Kurdish conglomerate Kar Group was closely involved in organizing and financing a group of British MPs’ visit to Erbil on [...]

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.