Security Service

Ukraine, United States
Legion volunteer and private security provider Matthew Parker leaves Ukraine

Independent Security Advisors boss returns to US after undertaking consultancy, training and close protection missions with Ukrainian security agencies, but leaves behind a number of trusted contacts.

Russia, Switzerland
Part 1: Swiss pillar of Russian finance Horizon Capital AG struggles with Moscow assets

Worried about the legal repercussions of the war in Ukraine, investors on the Swiss financial market have been trying to detach themselves from their Russian ties. One such company, asset manager Horizon Capital AG, is embroiled in Moscow litigations with former clients who do not meet current compliance criteria.

Russia
Russia's Tsar's Wolves, the Wagner of technology testing, gets busy on battlefield in Ukraine

A private military specialising in battlefield testing, the Tsar's Wolves, deployed in Ukraine, works for Russian defence companies.

Russia
Russia's security apparatus split on immigrants in army

Russia's interior ministry is preparing a wave of raids on naturalised immigrants who have not yet registered for military service, so they can join the campaign in Ukraine, but the defence ministry is concerned about the future soldiers' loyalties.

France
DGSE's sacking of defiant official on internal security grounds overruled in court

A French DGSE staffer sacked after making a private trip to Iran has been reinstated by an administrative court.

Russia
FSB on alert as Wagner fighters head home

The return of these soldiers to their families is being closely monitored by the intelligence service, which fears social unrest. Many of these mercenaries have neither been paid nor received the social benefits they were promised, and refuse to join the regular forces.

Russia, Singapore
Ammertex, a gateway for FSB surveillance service providers' imports in Singapore

As the West tries to step up economic pressure on Moscow, Russian intelligence service providers are looking for outlets in Asia. The small company Ammertex has become a favourite in Singapore.

France
French defence services company's takeover manoeuvring takes political turn

ADIT's planned takeover of DCI has sparked a flurry of manoeuvring in the French parliament, as competitors look forward to the parastatal operator becoming just another company.

France
The high stakes of DGSI big data programme delays

Repeated delays for the phase two selection process of the French internal security service's big data analytics platform are changing the top line-up as key deadlines draw near.

France
DGSI big data programme struggles to get into second gear

The start of the second phase of work on the big data analytics platform being set up by France's internal security service, the DGSI, has been delayed for a second time.

Russia
Presidential administration orders staff to toe ideological line

The president's executive office, which was long considered a bastion of pragmatism, has been told to stay closer to the official ideological line. A memo to this effect is currently being circulated internally.

The Intelligence Gazette
FSB in the Black Sea, French cyber labs, Warsaw's spy clinic, US's emotional intel training

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Moscow to Warsaw, and Paris to Washington.

Russia FSB border guards rule over Black Sea coast

France Britanny's new cyber lab

Poland Military intelligence clinic gets new status

United States Emotional intelligence course for elite commandos

The Tech Times
Kronstadt launches production of Sirius drone; Helsing's algorithms used in German acoustic warfare; Jonathan Evans leaves Darktrace

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

MoscowRussia acquires satcom-equipped MALE drones from Kronstadt

MunichHelsing develops AI algorithms for German Navy

LondonJonathan Evans leaves Darktrace and joins HolistiCyber

United Kingdom
From GCAP to Saudi Arabia, BAE Systems' intelligence unit is booming

Run by former intelligence officers, the British defence giant's newly revamped intelligence unit is in full swing.

Russia
Moscow region hires Serbian private soldiers for imminent deployment to Ukraine

Intelligence Online has obtained details of a secret operation from Moscow in Belgrade to recruit nearly 500 Balkan nationals to fight in Ukraine.