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UAE : A Huawei ally and a rising security leader: the double hat of Abu Dhabi's new police chief

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
The "young guard" of the Emirates' ruling Al-Nahyan family is increasingly moving into positions of power in Abu Dhabi. On 2 January, Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (KbM, IO, 22/07/22), the 43-year-old son of UAE President Mohammed [...]
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UAE : The Al Nahyan dynasty's young guard rising to key positions in the police, the royal court and the army

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
As explained in today's Spotlight (IO, 15/01/25), the promotion of Mohammed bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan on 2 January [...]
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China : China's Xi looking for cyber recruits to spot unrest in the provinces

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
Chinese president Xi Jinping has been repeating his watchword during recent meetings of the central committee of the Chinese Communist [...]
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UAE : The burgeoning business empire of the rising security branch of Abu Dhabi royals

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
Director general of police, vice chief of staff of the Emirati armed forces, director of the court of the crown [...]
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Armenia/China/United Kingdom/United States : GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
London - Gordon Rainey joins GMTLInvestigator Gordon Rainey joined boutique London corporate intelligence firm GMTL Advisory as head of operations [...]
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France/Lebanon : Emmanuel Macron to travel to Beirut Friday with diplomatic adviser

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to Beirut on Friday 17 January to meet his counterpart Joseph Aoun. Macron will [...]
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France/Ukraine : France runs secret special forces drill in event of deployment to Ukraine

Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:00
When French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer once again spoke of the possibility of European forces [...]
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Russia/Ukraine/United States : Trump's teams shake up secret communication channels between West and Russia

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 14:50
Ukraine's security and diplomacy circles and its backers are all hands on deck as the United States prepares to inaugurate [...]
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China/United States : Washington intelligence effort targets China in fight against fentanyl trafficking

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
On the eve of Donald Trump's second presidential term, as part of the pending battle between Washington and Beijing, the US Congress wants to give the executive a new weapon in the form of a joint task force to combat [...]
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France : French intelligence community awaits ECHR ruling

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to issue its ruling on France's intelligence legislation on Thursday, 16 January. [...]
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France : French OSINT specialist Elephantastic puts corporate intelligence clients on back burner

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
French open source intelligence (OSINT) specialist Elephantastic is to stop providing its services to the corporate intelligence sector, according to [...]
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South Korea/Thailand : Seoul's defence contract hopes hampered by internal battles in Bangkok

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
Thailand's defence minister and deputy prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, has discreetly informed his defence industry contacts in recent weeks that [...]
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Saudi Arabia/UAE : Talent wars: PwC rocks Middle East investigations sector with super-charged hiring spree

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
The Middle East Forensic Services practice at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) poached at least seven senior financial investigators from rival consultancies in [...]
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Kazakhstan/United Kingdom : Private spies and cryptocurrency miners unite, part 2: the information war is on

Tue, 14/01/2025 - 06:00
Having recently suffered a setback in the UK Commercial Court, Kazakhstan-born businessman Yermek Alimov now faces another hurdle in his [...]
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China/Russia : Moscow's Chinese recruits strain relations with Beijing

Mon, 13/01/2025 - 06:00
Top Russian military brass, under the command of General Valery Gerasimov, has dropped its reluctance to recruit personnel from the country's population of Chinese migrants. That development has yet to spur diplomatic correspondence between Moscow and Beijing, with China preferring [...]
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China/France : DGSI's amended note on Chinese firm helps secure rejection of appeal over refused visa

Mon, 13/01/2025 - 06:00
The French consulate in Shanghai has not altered its response to the application for a long-stay "talent passport" visa by [...]
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France/UAE : New French space diplomat arrives as UAE sector picks up pace

Mon, 13/01/2025 - 06:00
Intelligence Online has learned that Christelle Astorg-Lepine will be joining the French Embassy in Abu Dhabi as its new space [...]
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India/United States : Tulsi Gabbard likely to face scrutiny over Hindu nationalist ties

Thu, 12/12/2024 - 06:00
Tulsi Gabbard's ties to Indian right-wing paramilitary groups are likely to play an important role in hearings to confirm her as the United States' next Director of National Intelligence (DNI, IO, 02/12/24). Ram Madhav, former spokesperson for Indian right-wing paramilitary [...]
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Bulgaria/United States : Bulgarian construction firms primed to benefit from new nuclear reactors built with US help

Thu, 12/12/2024 - 06:00
Several well-connected Bulgarian construction companies are set to reap rewards from the building of two new major Bulgarian nuclear reactors [...]
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United Kingdom : Control Risks throws hat in sports ring with Matchroom

Thu, 12/12/2024 - 06:00
The sports sector's appetite for "need to know" is a potentially rich source of contracts for corporate intelligence firms, and [...]
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