Veritas

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Guidehouse, DGA Group, GardaWorld

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

LondonJessica Thorpe tries on yet another hat

Washington/LondonGuidehouse cuts financial investigations unit loose

Mogadishu/LondonGardaWorld protects FCDO in Somalia

France
US intelligence and defence advisory firm Renaissance sets up in France

Pierre Chao's consultancy specialising in financial operations for defence and intelligence is launching an office in Paris with the help of former Victanis staff.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
K2, ENEC and Peterson, Guidehouse

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, New York and Abu Dhabi.

New YorkK2 quietly demotes co-CEO

Abu DhabiConsultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

WashingtonEx-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

United States
Former conservative undercover operative Tarah Price re-emerges in the far-right ecosphere

Price disappeared from public view after her role in an aborted 2018 sting against National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was exposed. Now she works for Steven Crowder, a leading media figure in MAGA World. Price is a relentless defender of her currently embattled boss, and has built a growing following of her own.

Lebanon
Rahmehs still at heart of Beirut's energy business

Despite their involvement in the delivery of adulterated oil to Lebanon, brothers Raymond and Teddy Rahmeh still occupy a key role in the supply chain.

France, United States
Francophile Mark Bent launches Florida-based firm

Former CIA officer Mark Bent founded the corporate intelligence firm [...]

United States
Guidehouse takes on NSA cyber-defence heavyweight

Marianne Bailey, a pillar of the NSA for more than [...]

Europe, United States
Caffin and Rivaton join forces to launch probe

Jean-Michel Caffin, CEO of Miami-based Shenfield Resources Group, has teamed up with former legal advisor specialised in intelligence, Kevin Rivaton, [...]

United States
KeyPoint in court over OPM leaks

Keypoint, which carries out security checks on federal employees, is facing a legal spat with a group of people who have accused the company of failing to protect their personal data.

France
New faces at Amarante

Amarante, Alexandre Hollander and Pierre-Antoine Lorenzi's private security company, has been restructuring its strategic subsidiaires over the past few months.

United States
KeypointGovernment

KeypointGovernment, the former Kroll Government Solutions, has hired senior investigator [...]

United Kingdom
G3 makes first investment

The first corporate intelligence firm to get into venture capital, G3 recently invested in a mobile phone detection company.

France, United Kingdom
Bureau Veritas, inspector of privateers

Several maritime security certification services are being set up to help shipping companies chose a contractor.

United States
Fedcaps, cyberwarfare takes two

Founded two years ago (IOL 612), the private equity fund FedCap Partners, headed by Rick Knop and Leslee Belluchie, closed [...]

United States
Private equity funds go for security

Set up some months back, the fund Global DefenceTec Partners, [...]

United States
MPRI

MPRI, a subsidiary of the defence industry giant L3 Communcations, [...]

United States
Providence gets into security

Private security used to be the sector of predilection of [...]

United Kingdom
Torch Hill bets on Blue Hackle

The U.S. investment fund Torch Hill has taken a stake in Blue Hackle, the defence and security specialist.

United States
Dyncorp

Dyncorp, the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of State subcontractor, [...]

France
Private consultants in port security

Some 15 companies are now involved in bringing security in French ports and on board French vessels up to the latest international norms.