Spotlight | United Kingdom
UK's counter state threats bill worries investigators and lobbyists alike

United States
Strange foreign lobbying registration exposes FARA vulnerabilities

Jonathan Scott registered to represent the Rwanda National Police, submitting as evidence a Twitter exchange with a police officer using the handle @SongaF. FARA posted the filing, which remains active on its website even though the Rwandan National Police says it has no contract with Scott or know who he is.

United Kingdom
Home Office puts figure on unmasking a foreign spy

The National Security Bill, the first reform of Britain's counter-intelligence law since 1911, has involved some intricate number-crunching by the Home Office.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Sanctions race generates new market for investigation and assistance work for oligarchs

Londongrad has gone into a frenzy since the start of the Western riposte to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. The entire ecosystem which has grown up around the oligarchs is working to help them escape sanctions and limit the reputational and financial damage they are expected to cause.

The Agencies' Gazette
CIS, UK counter state threats bill, Palestine-Algeria

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

Palestine-AlgeriaMaster spy Noureddine Mekri takes a stab at Palestinian reconciliation

United KingdomChristine Lee affair sparks Tom Tugendhat's push for draft bill on counter state threats

Russia'Compatriot' think-tank receives award

United Kingdom, United States
FTI's dissolved forensics league regroups at Ankura

Announced on 20 October as a series of individual recruitments, the addition to Ankura's team of technical experts and legal advisers in fact signals the divorce between FTI Consultants and Paul Walker's investigators is now final.

United Kingdom
UK's golden spymaster generation exits to private sector

Several senior officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which oversees the activities of MI6, have recently moved over to the private sector, marking the end of an era in British intelligence.

Qatar, United Kingdom
UAE-Qatar battle for influence online and in court

While officially Doha and its neighbours have all been getting along since January, a few sticking points are still being fought behind the scenes, with some suppliers caught in the crosshairs.

Spotlight | Germany, United Kingdom
Bundestag report on Wirecard shines light once again on Arcanum

The German assembly's report revisits the frenetic use of consultants and private investigators by the collapsed German payment processing company Wirecard.

United Kingdom
Hakluyt swaps Mayfair's grey skies for Dubai sun

Partner Chris Napoli has been picked to lead the corporate intelligence firm's new UAE branch.

Spotlight | Qatar, UAE, United Kingdom
Influence campaigns in the Gulf: Diligence faces Ghanem Nuseibeh

Hearings in London and Geneva are poised to shed light on the PR wars between Abu Dhabi and Doha as Diligence and UAE consultant Ghanem Nuseibeh battle it out in the courts.

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

ENRC's court case against its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office got underway last week, putting the spotlight back on an array of consultants who have worked for the parties over the course of their 10-year battle.

United Kingdom
Investigator Lindsey Diggins changes firms but stays in the "Londongrad" business

Diggins, who was head of research and analysis at Keith Hunter's Animus Associates now works for Blue Square Global, a smaller investigation company, which is also active in Russian affairs.

United Kingdom
Abu Dhabi's anti-Qatar efforts gain traction in Westminster

Despite ongoing negotiations between Washington and the Gulf countries to end the blockade against Doha (see here), the influence manoeuvres [...]