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The Intelligence Gazette
Belarusian moles exposed, ex-DGSE admin boss moves to Lyon, NSC dishes out contracts, special funds-savvy MP

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

Belarus/PolandSpies and informants outed on both sides of regime

FranceEx-DGSE admin director takes on security in Lyon suburbs

United StatesNational Security Council still hiring before White House handover

FranceNew special funds oversight commissioner no newbie

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

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

FranceDGSE to bring parachutist training centre up to scratch

RussiaWagner's Africa Corps is hiring

China/FranceXi and Macron to discuss Ukraine at G20 summit in Rio

VietnamPham Ngoc Hung closes 10-year chapter as military intelligence chief

FranceViginum awaits its hour against Baku

United States
In Chicago, new round between short-selling company Viceroy and corporate intelligence firms

Viceroy is seeking documents from an accountancy firm to prove that its 2023 reports of fraud at Medical Properties Trust were true. Steward Healthcare, MPT's accomplice in the fraud, is said to have hired Audere to monitor the short seller's co-founder, Fraser Perrings.

Belarus
Belarus military intelligence helps Russia analyse East European air bases

Military intelligence in Moscow and Minsk are joining forces to examine airfields in Eastern Europe that could be used by Western warplanes destined for Ukraine.

Russia
Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France

In anticipation of a possible escalation of its 'hybrid warfare' tactics on European territory, the GU is extending its campaign to recruit sources and destabilisation agents. The service is now targeting French security institutions.

France
Court upholds state's refusal to pay legal fees of French officer suspected of spying for Russia

A Paris court has upheld the French defence ministry's refusal to pay for the defence of a French officer posted to NATO. Lieutenant-Colonel L. was prosecuted and remanded in custody in 2020 on suspicion of spying for a foreign power.

Russia, Ukraine
Kolossal versus Rybar: Kyiv and Moscow race to militarise OSINT

Ukraine and Russia are battling to see who can develop new interfaces for collecting and analysing open source intelligence (OSINT) that can prove decisive on the front line.

Europe, Russia
GU extends agent recruitment drive to Scandinavia, Balkans

The Russian military intelligence service is expanding its network of 'sleeper' agents beyond the Eastern European area it had initially targeted. Potential recruits are enlisted online, using a 'bot' that Intelligence Online has tested.

Belarus
KGB extends control over ideological dissent as election frenzy builds

Tasked by President Alexander Lukashenko to further crack down on dissenting voices within government and state-owned entities, the intelligence agency has been culling staff in key organisations using new methods of investigation.

East Europe, Russia
GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

The Russian military intelligence agency is using an anonymous bot on the Telegram social network to hire "sleeping" agents for hybrid warfare operations

Hungary, Russia
Russian military intelligence notes Hungary's munition ambition

The GU has flagged the emergence of a Hungarian munitions industry, fostered by German partnerships, as part of its analysis of NATO's military-industrial capabilities.