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Ex-CIA officer to Mintz, ADIT boss releases book, Hakluyt's cyber experts reunite, Disruptive Industries expands, Qatar lobbyists in DC

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

WashingtonBrooke Berg moves from Nardello to Mintz

ParisADIT boss turns to clients and consultants for new book

LondonNew consultancy for former Hakluyt cyber specialists

Washington/LondonBritish data provider Disruptive Industries strengthens US presence

Washington/DohaQatar renews its Republican connections

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
France's DGSE spy agency beats harassment case by ex-officer

A Paris court has rejected a bid for €50,000 compensation by a spy in France's foreign intelligence agency who said he suffered psychological harassment from his boss while posted in Dubai.

France, Romania, United States
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.

France, Germany, Poland
ADIT courting Berlin-based due diligence firm as acquisition drive continues

France's leading risk and intelligence advisory has begun talks with an investigations firm based in Warsaw and Berlin over a prospective buy-out. ADIT's aim is to plug an intelligence gap in Central Europe.

France
ADIT calls on ChapsVision cyber tools as ties strengthen

The French corporate intelligence leader is keen to work more closely with the cyber intelligence services provider. Their talks, so far around technical points, come just months before ADIT is to see a change of shareholders.

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TD International, Mandaura, Control Risks, Bernard Emié

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

WashingtonFormer CIA officers join forces at TDI

ParisOSINTracker offered via Mandaura

DubaiTycoon Ivor Ichikowitz's ex-business partner at Control Risks

ParisEx-foreign intelligence head Bernard Émié lunches at the Elysée

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.

France
Former DGSE intelligence officer joins ex-Avisa Partners' cyber unit

Frédéric Polycarpe has left Eviden to join Matthieu Creux's Forward Global, previously known as Avisa Partners.

France, UAE
DCI struggles to bag French arms contracts in Abu Dhabi

With the forthcoming opening of its office in Dubai, ADIT intends to relaunch its new subsidiary Défense Conseil International in the region. The firm has been excluded in the UAE from several maintenance and training contracts for French military equipment acquired by Abu Dhabi.

France, Ukraine
Despite France's political crisis, Paris and Kyiv try to push ahead with Mirage project

Following the second round of French parliamentary elections on 7 July, the absence of a majority in the National Assembly means that it is uncertain whether France will continue to provide strong air support to Ukraine.