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Société Générale, BGR lands Mongolian contract, TRAG reshuffle

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

ParisEx-DGSE bigwig gets off to a flying start at Société Générale

WashingtonFormer Mongolian PM takes on new consultant

London/WashingtonThe Risk Advisory Group pursues management reshuffle

United Kingdom
Corporate intelligence pioneer Amy Lashinksy leaves Alaco

Amy Lashinksy, one of the founders of the corporate intelligence practice as it is known today, is taking semi-retirement.

China
Washington's allies turn gaze to Chinese 'Pentagon'

Washington's allies have reacted swiftly following US intelligence's discovery that China is building a huge military complex on the outskirts of Beijing.

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DGA Group is hiring, spies in Davos, DHS provider's lobbyist

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

London/WashingtonDGA Group brings in new sleuths

SwitzerlandThree big names in intelligence seen in Davos

WashingtonIntelligence community provider picks out new lobbyist

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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?

Australia, United Kingdom
CT Group suffers brain drain after media and legal exposure

In three separate lawsuits, doubts have been cast as to the authenticity of bank statements, database excerpts and real estate estimates that CT Group provided to its lawyers. Now, weeks later, the company's senior executives are leaving in droves.

United Kingdom
Investigation firm Audere on high alert as it tries to fend off attacks from its nemesis

While still having to contend with a major staff turnover, the private investigation and security firm Audere is now having to defend itself from attacks in the media and on X from its foes embroiled in the Steward Healthcare short-selling scandal.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
London investigators search for strategies to keep finances afloat

Alaco, JS Held, G3 and Blackpeak are among a flurry of London corporate intelligence firms that have taken steps to balance the books. While some strategies are more risky than others, most have brought significant staff changes.

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Guidehouse, DGA Group, GardaWorld

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

LondonJessica Thorpe tries on yet another hat

Washington/LondonGuidehouse cuts financial investigations unit loose

Mogadishu/LondonGardaWorld protects FCDO in Somalia

France, United Kingdom
Ex-private investigator Ralph Ward-Jackson back in business with advisers focused on Iran and former Soviet countries

The businessman Ward-Jackson is moving into the litigation PR sector, which is increasingly in vogue in London. And he is relying on the Paris-based lawyer Ardavan Amir-Aslani, who is known for his Iranian expertise.

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Silverbridge, Nardello, Security Ronin

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

LondonSilverbridge lands two new recruits

Los AngelesNardello gives digital investigations its own director

London/Hong KongForensics sleuth Albert Hui lays roots in London

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Utley and Chandler join forces, Ogiro Risk, FTI Consulting

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

AustinJosh Chandler and Kyeson Utley join forces as private investigators

LondonOgiro Risk, the new asset tracking consultancy

Hong KongGreg Hallahan leaves FTI Consulting

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Gunvor Group, Alaco, Exiger, Control Risks

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

LondonFormer Schillings investigator joins Gunvor

WashingtonExiger beefs up government contracts department

London/ZurichAlaco's Swiss branch shrinks

WashingtonAlyssa Misner leaves Control Risks

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Paris Arbitration Week, Portland, K2, Idesus

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

ParisInternational firms' interest in arbitration cases keeps growing

LondonKim Darroch stops in at Portland

LondonIdesus files for removal from UK register

WashingtonK2 pushes brakes on financial investigations

United Kingdom
Toro Risk Solutions, the UK financial watchdog's trusted cybersecurity firm

The London-based cyber-risk management specialist is forging closer ties with sections of the UK government just as it invests in private security and investigation.

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JS Held, Alaco, Control Risks, Hakluyt

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

New YorkJS Held strengthens cyber investigations dept

LondonAlaco keeps on growing

New YorkControl Risks recruits former CIA man

London/New YorkGoldman Sachs exec moves to Hakluyt

United Kingdom
Corporate intelligence firm Audere struggles to beef up private security arm

Audere Group's private security business has been hit by a number of major departures, which the firm hopes to quickly make up for.