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France
Kidnappings and burglaries put LVMH and other firms' security chiefs' on high alert

Recent attacks on CEOs and their families are troubling the security managers of some of France's leading companies, mainly in the luxury sector. Fears that these could increasingly be the target of organised crime are fuelling concerns, against a backdrop of rising social discontent in the country.

The Intelligence Gazette
A gift from MI6, Extradition to Russia refused, Vanuatu puts golden passports on hold, Pentagon's secret budget

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

United KingdomMI6 'freebie' fails to convince EU Commission

France/Russia/AzerbaijanNo extradition for former DTX collaborator

VanuatuPM pauses golden passports

United StatesAir Force gets most of Pentagon's classified budget

Armenia, Azerbaijan
Armenia innovates in all directions to anticipate the next drone war

Electronic warfare, drones, data fusion software: overcoming Yerevan's weaknesses in previous conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh is the priority of Defense Minister Suren Papikyan.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSI and transnational repression, Signal and US diplomats in Kyiv, DGSE flooded with CVs, Xi Jinping culls bonuses

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

FranceDGSI fights transnational repression in five languages

United StatesUS Embassy in Kyiv slammed for use of Signal

FranceDGSE wades through 900 CVs a week to fill vacancies

ChinaXi Jinping pulls rug on finance, tech and defence bonuses

China, Europe
Beijing's new spy satellite orbiting over Africa is thorn in NATO's side

The media followed the launch of the Chinese intelligence satellite TJS-14 on 23 January, but did not pay attention to its final destination. It now appears that it was positioned late last week in a geosynchronous orbit that is particularly intrusive for NATO as it is in the middle of its members' constellations, including the French Syracuse.

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.

Italy
Equalize probe reveals arsenal of cyber-intelligence tools deployed by investigators

Italy's military police, the Carabinieri, has made extensive use of Italian cyber-intelligence tools to investigate the Italian corporate intelligence firm Equalize's use of illegal espionage.