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French-style litigation support, Ankura hiring in Asia, Competition in Dubai

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

ParisPrisme Intelligence opens litigation support practice

Hong KongAnkura adds muscle to financial investigations team

DubaiBoutique teams struggling to compete in investigations market

UAE
Mersad, a new player in Abu Dhabi's defence networks

A mysterious new defence company based in Abu Dhabi is relying on a vast network of consultants from Beirut to Paris, including a former intelligence specialist from the French defence ministry.

United States
Social Links forced to plug leaks from users of its intelligence tool

The sale on the dark web of an access to the police and intelligence service-only version of Social Links' OSINT CrimeWall has revived fears of a proliferation of cyber tools. The company states it is taking the necessary steps to block access to the compromised account.

France
French military counter-intelligence takes action over online leaks from fledgling defence AI agency

Researchers from France's recently-formed defence AI agency AMIAD have been posting their work online to contribute to scientific research. This is not to the liking of the French military counter-intelligence directorate DRSD which believes sensitive information is being leaked.

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Alvarez & Marsal's hiring spree, changes afoot at KCS Group, results for Raedas, French Africa intelligence specialists

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

London/New York/San FranciscoAlvarez & Marsal's back-to-back hires

LondonKCS Group rolls out leadership and structure changes

LondonFinancial stability for Raedas

ParisMilitary intelligence African specialist heads into private sector

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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

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
Former British Qatari army consultant strengthens bargaining power with Saudi government

With former UK defence minister Ben Wallace now on his payroll, British consultant Harold Thomsett, head of PR firm CTRD, has boosted his position in Riyadh.

Spotlight | France
Far-right RN's intelligence approach consists of shadowy advisers and a silent former MP

France's far-right Rassemblement National party, which is bent on making Jordan Bardella prime minister, is cautious when it comes to intelligence. While an adviser to the party's leaders is keeping a close eye on the matter, its former member of a parliamentary intelligence delegation has kept a very low profile.

France, Russia
Unveiling a Russian diplomat in Paris and his ties with a shadowy French NGO

Iskander Ioussoupov, a former Soviet official, purports to represent Tatarstan in France. But he has no physical office in the country and is instead linked to a shadowy French NGO.