Vietnam
VinFast case turns into private investigators' money spinner

Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam
Aided by its consultant, Lockheed Martin is not giving up on selling F-16Vs to Thailand

The US aerospace giant has a new asset for its business exploration in South-East Asia in the form of a consultancy firm that employs several veterans of military diplomacy.

United States
Short-seller Cohodes accuses ex-MiMedx CEO of defaming him in new book

Marc Cohodes has filed a lawsuit accusing the former CEO of biotech company MiMedx Parker Petit of defaming him in a new book about his career.

Hong Kong
Western corporate intelligence persists in believing in Hong Kong market

Despite the new national security law voted on 19 March, some financial investigation firms are hoping to continue working in the former British enclave, even after multiple setbacks.

Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore
Private sleuths hover between Tokyo and Singapore for APAC regional base

Investigators in the Indo-Pacific region are bulking up their Singapore teams, while maintaining a presence in Hong Kong. These moves are sometimes to the detriment of other regional offices, especially in Japan.

Vietnam
Vietnam's Vingroup heads into economic influence with management training school

Pham Nhat Vuong, the head of Vingroup, is personally involved in the development of a management training school designed to strengthen Vietnam's sovereignty and economic influence.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Tikehau , Nardello, Alaco, Avisa

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

Paris/LondonFrench fund Tikehau invests in UK corporate intelligence with Antithesis

Los AngelesWendy Wu joins Nardello's expanding California office

London/New YorkFormer FBI agent Robert Heuchling anchors Alaco in the US

ParisAvisa bolsters its ethics committee

China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States
Western corporate intelligence firms in China forced into stealth mode with local partners

Foreign corporate investigators have had to adapt to China's information-gathering system to continue operating and reduce their risk exposure in the wake of the new anti-espionage law.

France, United Kingdom, United States
GPW struck off, ex-CIA goes private, Aperio, ADIT exit, and Nardello newbie

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

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Aussie PI in Mauritius case, BPI's corporate intel platform, Mintz vs Kossoff, from Nardello to Merck, Barker takes over Minerva, Parker's Kyiv mission, Rud Pedersen in Ukraine

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Sydney, New York, Paris, London, Kyiv, Largo and Copenhagen.

Sydney/New York The investigator chasing a ghost investor

Paris Public bank boosts export intelligence scope

New York Mintz still investigating Kossoff's downfall

New York Ex-Nardello CISO goes to Merck

London Former FTI Barker moves to intelligence with Strix Varia

Kyiv/Largo New Ukraine mission for US Army vet Parker

Kyiv/Copenhagen Danish lobbyist Rud Pedersen sets up shop in Ukraine