China's state security ministry has been pleading for the creation of an international network of Chinese private security companies but is starting to lose control of the project. The Communist Party has given the foreign ministry a frontline role in the organisation of the new network.
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Defence The prosecution's closing arguments in the trial of the former French domestic intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini open the door to a warning to the world of business intelligence. The prosecution criticised the fluctuating definition of the term and the lack of clear regulation of the sector's methods.
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Corporate Intel With France lacking a new government intelligence law, the intelligence and counter-terrorism coordinator and other services are putting their requests for legislative changes to lawmakers, while the latest update to the national intelligence strategy is being finalised.
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Agencies Several invitations to tender have recently been issued by the Vietnamese general staff. Big international companies specialising in electronic warfare are ready and waiting.
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Cybersecurity Moscow and Pyongyang have finalised a deal to export Russian coal to Asia via the North Korean port of Rason. The route will afford new ways into the global market for this raw material, which is subject to Western sanctions.
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