France
French financial intelligence service Tracfin makes management changes as part of strategic plan

France
Tracfin executives' exodus to private sector continues

Tracfin has seen a steady stream of departures as heavyweights take up posts in the private sector, spurred by repeated attempts at internal reform in a French financial intelligence service already rife with tensions, and amid accusations it is becoming politicised.

The Intelligence Gazette
MIT spending, DC quiet on pilots in China, Sergey Beseda in good form, Tracfin reform toughens, KGB takes swipe at MI6

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

TurkeyIraq and Syria operations MIT's biggest expense

France/United StatesUS and UK left France out of loop over China pilot training

Russia/UkraineQuestions of Ukraine intel fail to shake Beseda from FSB

FranceFinance ministry's intelligence reform ramps up a notch

United Kingdom/RussiaRussian author takes swipe at MI6

France, Israel
Tracfin seeks cooperation with counterpart IMPA to crackdown on bi-national financial crimes

A real problem for the French-Israeli relationship for years now, financial frauds carried out by dual nationals from the Jewish state continue to grow in number, but a joint agreement between the two countries is set to change that.

France
Tracfin's next director to start with a full plate of challenges

Because of its broad scope, the French financial intelligence service Tracfin, if used well, could become a handy intelligence warfare tool. But after Maryvonne Le Brignonen's controversial directorship the unit is facing numerous challenges, both internal and external.

France
Tracfin transforms to meet French government priorities

In the midst of structural reform (IOL 867, IOL 864), the small but strategic French financial intelligence service Tracfin is [...]