The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
ADIT/Amarante regional rivalry, Herminius, CR Investigations, Lextrack, De Vinculis

France
ADIT and Amarante International up stakes as merger rumours swell

Leading French corporate intelligence and security players ADIT and Amarante International must reshuffle their shareholding this year. Meanwhile, rumours of a possible takeover have fuelled concern among rival firms after Amarante founder Alexandre Hollander was recently approached by ADIT.

France, Ukraine
ADIT wins French tender to train Ukrainian soldiers

The French ministry of armed forces has finally awarded its tender for the training of Ukrainian soldiers to Défense Conseil International, which was bought by ADIT earlier this year.

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G3, CRI, Arcanum, Aperio

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

LondonDavid Scholey leaves G3 but stays at Cranemere

LondonAmelie de Borchgrave moves from KPMG to CRI

WashingtonArcanum takes on a new special forces officer

LondonAperio loses its ex-Soviet Union expert

France, Qatar, Ukraine
ADIT maps big year ahead, from DCI takeover to Ukraine rebuild

ADIT CEO Philippe Caduc has grand plans for the coming year: lock in its acquisition of Défense Conseil International, double the group's turnover and be part of the reconstruction of Ukraine.

France, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
Amarante's revenues top record €60m

French corporate intelligence and private security company Amarante International is counting on contracts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq to consolidate its position as an emerging market leader in Europe.

Central Asia, United Kingdom
Ventham Consulting delves into asset recovery probes into Central Asian heirs

British private investigation firm Ventham Consulting, which specialises in due diligence, focuses on probes into assets held abroad by members of Central Asia's financial and political elite.

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Amarante in the south of France, Kroll waiting on money, McRoberts back to Veracity, 5 Stones expands to SIGINT

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 New York, London, Miami and Marseille.

New York Kroll waiting for Smerling fraud money

London Carla McRoberts returns

Miami 5 Stones Intelligence expands into technical intelligence

Marseille Muselier brings in Amarante

Spotlight | Europe, Israel, United States
How OSINT has worked its way among cyber-intelligence experts

Open-source intelligence (OSINT), considered less touchy than cyber-attacking, is less regulated and easier for goverments to showcase. However, the one-upmanship in the sector is making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between passive and active intelligence.

United States
Forward Risk moves into pro bono

The Washington-based business intelligence firm active in politics Forward Risk has offered its services to the not-for-profit organisation Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition.

France
ADIT coaches businesses in greater Paris region

Following a tender awarded on January 16, the French corporate intelligence firm ADIT, headed by Philippe Caduc, is helping the [...]

United Kingdom
Nick Houghton gets into oil AI

Lord Nicholas Houghton, the former British armed forces chief of [...]

United States
Pentagon rebel Chris Lynch rebounds in private sector

After stepping down as head of the Pentagon's team of top technologists, controversial JEDI cloud architect Chris Lynch has launched his own startup dedicated to defence innovation, with support from several Silicon Valley figures.

France
ADIT heads to South of France

The corporate intelligence firm ADIT, which is currently on the [...]

France
ADIT gathers corporate intelligence for regions

The Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, headed by Laurent Wauquiez, has become the second [...]

United Kingdom
Houghton gets further into cyber

Former British Chief of the Defence Staff Nicholas Houghton invested [...]

United Kingdom
Ex-army chief Houghton gets busy in private sector

Former British Chief of the Defence Staff Nicholas Houghton, who retired last year, launched the consulting firm De Vinculis in [...]

France
ADIT land mission in northern France

The French corporate intelligence firm ADIT, owned 30% by the [...]