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United Kingdom
Home Office puts figure on unmasking a foreign spy

The National Security Bill, the first reform of Britain's counter-intelligence law since 1911, has involved some intricate number-crunching by the Home Office.

France
Affinis aims to grow defence business using Proxxi database

The corporate intelligence firm, which already provides its services to various French defence groups and the ministry of armed forces, will be present at the defence and security trade fair Eurosatory.

The Intelligence Gazette
Truce in Yemen, Russian executives, Transnistria, Rosfinmonitoring

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we home in on Saana, Moscow and Tiraspol.

YemenAnsarullah still vindictive despite truce

RussiaTemporary lease of life for top security officers

MoldaviaTransnistria, on the lookout, barricades itself

RussiaFinancial intel service keeps its staff happy

France
French Army commandos await new chief

The surprise resignation of Eric Vidaud as head of French military intelligence, the DRM, in March is having all sorts of consequences on appointments in the French special forces.

Russia
Operation new recruits: Russian intelligence targets conscripts and students

The increased human resource needs of the intelligence services has lead them to expand their pool of candidates to include those from the army and universities. These drives are being supported by the adoption of new legislative measures by the Duma.

Europe, Israel
Thanks to Sopra Steria, Rayzone lands role in Belgian security big data

Despite losing key technology staff not long ago, the cyber firm TA9, a subsidiary of Israel's Rayzone, will contribute to build the cyber security system that Sopra Steria is installing for the Belgian federal police.

Israel
Shin Bet criticised for human intelligence failures

Following a wave of attacks unprecedented since the second Intifada, the Israeli authorities have pointed the finger at internal intelligence service Shin Bet, claiming that shortcomings in its human intelligence gathering capacities prevented threats from being identified.

France
Paris banks on big data to counter foreign economic threats

A finance ministry agency that plays a lead role in protecting France from economic interference, the SISSE, wants to detect threats to strategic assets more effectively by processing big data.

The Intelligence Gazette
Hamas in Turkey, GPIS in Paris, NATO in Georgia

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

Palestine/Israel/Turkey: Ankara and Tel Aviv are talking againto Hamas's dismay

France GPIS, Paris's social housing security service provider, collects intelligence for the police

Georgia NATO's ex-liaison officer in Kyiv takes up residence in Tbilisi

China, United Kingdom
United Front expands soft power with new operations centre in London

The Chinese Overseas Foundation, which typically operates through non-profit associations based in China, has decided to open a London centre.

Bahrain, Israel, UAE, United Kingdom
UK cyber specialists lose ground as Bahrain strengthens its links with the UAE

The close friendship between Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyan ("MBZ") and Bahrain's Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has brought a number of leading Israeli cyber firms to Manama, just as the leading British cyber advisers are leaving.

United Kingdom
British internal intelligence suppliers in courtroom battle

Excession, a British startup advised by former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, is challenging the award of a surveillance room command and control software framework deal to Airbox Systems in a case that tests Britain's rules on intelligence technology procurement.