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The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

The Intelligence Gazette
French military think tank reassured, Friction in US geospace intelligence, Residency allowances on trial

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

FranceNew military think tank boss Martial Foucault proves his worth

United StatesSpace Force slammed for uneven cooperation with NRO

France/VietnamFrench military expert keeps up fight for residency allowance from overseas postings

The spyware professionals who stand to gain from Trump's return

Certain businessmen with political connections could benefit from a rollback of restrictions on cyber firms. They include Mati Kochavi, among others.

US Congress wants to optimise OSINT spending

When voting on the series of laws that set the US Department of Defense's budget and expenditures, lawmakers called for greater transparency regarding funds allocated to open-source intelligence. This request also reinforces the National Intelligence Directorate's role in the field.

Spotlight
Washington unmoved by calls to reduce space-tech sharing with Abu Dhabi despite growing China ties

A string of collaborations have been announced between Emirati space bodies and China's National Space Administration in recent years, opening what some experts say is a backdoor to unpoliced technology transfer. But US officials are said to be comfortable with the ties.

United States concerned about Russia's possible Facebook operations in Romanian election

The US embassy in Bucharest has approached authors of a freshly published memo detailing a major campaign conducted via Facebook to promote Romania's far-right party and the pro-Russian presidential candidate.

Lobbying firm DCI Group accused by Chinese semiconductor company of running anti-China website

Yangtze Memory Technologies accuses DCI Group of running a disinformation website on behalf of one of its competitors.

The Tech Times
ENISA's CTI, Department of State ramps up Jamaican OSINT

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

AthensEU cybersecurity agency selects cyber threat intelligence partners

KingstonUS Department of State provides cyber support to Jamaican police

US spy satellite leaders hope for looser export rules under Trump

US Earth observation satellite manufacturers are lobbying the outgoing Biden administration to loosen the export licence regime in the sector, having already begun to lose ground in key markets to Chinese and European competitors.

Financial firms with links to sanction evaders continue to operate despite US crackdown

The US and UK recently slapped sanctions on TGR Group for helping sanctions evaders. But several companies linked to the firm have emerged unscathed.

Intelligence chiefs turned consultants strike lucky as Western defence groups chase orders in Bucharest

Despite the cancellation of the 8 December presidential elections, Bucharest is continuing to rearm in its capacity as NATO's south-eastern European pillar bordering Ukraine. A group of ex-spy chiefs, now consultants, are playing a vital role in selling arms there.

Bulgarian construction firms primed to benefit from new nuclear reactors built with US help

Sofia has announced a deal with Westinghouse and Hyundai to build two nuclear reactors with US technology.

The Tech Times
Balkans cyber development centre budget, MARFORCYBER's cyber trainer, Russian satellite swap

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT with a dose of cyber, we report every Thursday on the events big and small that matter in the technical intelligence community.

ParisFrance allocates €1.69m to western Balkans cyber development centre

Fort MeadeMarines pick out new cyber trainer

MoscowOne radar satellite goes up as another comes down

The Intelligence Gazette
Moscow's Bashkir recruits, police intel focus on terrorism, Guoanbu and social media, ODNI's Russia division

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

RussiaKremlin sends ever more Bashkir men to war to avoid general mobilisation

FranceA quarter of territorial police intelligence staff focused on radicalisation and terrorism

ChinaGuoanbu warns of dangers of social media recordings

United StatesDNI's Russia office shrinks ahead of second Trump administration