Israeli private intelligence group Black Cube claims to specialise in business rather than political espionage. But the history of its work in Uruguay suggests the two worlds can easily blur.
Australia’s ASIO domestic intelligence agency sounded the alarm regarding emerging threats targeting AUKUS in its annual assessment. Specifically, it highlighted acts of sabotage and espionage, including those originating from allies.
The war in Ukraine and growing interest in intelligence across the EU is boosting its satellite centre, whose budget continues to rise. The agency is betting on member countries’ increasing appetite for sovereign imagery and analysis to rival its Washington counterpart.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s delegation to Damascus also included representatives from the corporate intelligence sector seeking to establish themselves in the promising Syrian market.
World View’s stratospheric observation systems were discreetly integrated into Washington’s ISR architecture during operations against Iran. Using Palantir, the balloons also feed GEOINT to US special operations command and support image and signals intelligence collection across the Indo-Pacific.
The boards of Saudi football clubs are bracing themselves ahead of an expected wave of contractual legal disputes over the payment of players’ wages after the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund drastically cut their budgets.
The top jobs at the European agencies responsible for police cooperation and border control within the EU are up for grabs in the coming months. A succession race is now underway, with several countries taking up positions.
Australia’s ASIO domestic security service is under fire from Beijing after a report mentioned Chinese espionage. The diplomatic pressure is weighing heavily on the debate over Canberra’s intelligence priorities in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
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