Kazakhstan
Tokayev adds final touches to domestic intelligence overhaul after spymaster ouster

Kazakhstan, United States
US private investigators home in on ex-president Nazarbayev's brother

A group of US lawyers and consultants are aiming to have OFAC sanctions placed on the former president's younger brother Bolat Nazarbayev, who is already under close watch from the Russian and Kazakh intelligence services.

Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev's former allies fear investigations as elections loom

With the snap presidential election only a few weeks away, investigations into security officials and leading Kazakh business figures are being wrapped up one by one. Fearing they could be next, members of the current administration are keeping a low profile.

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, United States
Kazakh asset recovery on hold until elections over

Behind the scenes, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's administration is still talking to US and British law firms about plans to recover assets connected to people in ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev's circles. Their progress is hinged on the outcome of the upcoming political events.

Kazakhstan, United States
Moldova's Statis take aim at Emmanuil Grinshpun in US courts

The father-and-son businessmen Anatol and Gabriel Stati, who have been battling the Kazakh government in several countries, have requested information in US courts from Emmanuil Grinshpun, a Moldovan investor with close links to Kazakhstan's business and political elite.

Kazakhstan
The Bolashak Consulting Group, a senior Kazakh official talent incubator

Bolashak Consulting Group has been a loyal ally to Nur-Sultan during its international legal battles and also acts as a talent incubator for the country's political and judicial elite.

Kazakhstan
Internal intelligence service sifts through the Nazarbayev clan

The internal intelligence service, the KNB, is continuing to investigate a group of officers close to ex-Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, including one of his nephews, Samat Abish. The businessmen in the former president's family have been given little trouble, however.

The Intelligence Gazette
EU counter-espionage, Lebanese intelligence and drug trafficking, new KNB vice director

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Beirut, Beijing, Nur-Sultan and Brussels.

European Union Commission ramps up counter-intelligence

Lebanon Military intelligence to tackle drug trafficking

Kazakhstan Kazakh spymaster enlists financial investigator

China Xi Jinping confident Li Shulei named vice director of CCP's propaganda unit

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's security council drafts new military doctrine

The Kazakh government's desire to strengthen its grip on the security apparatus has prompted it to launch an ambitious project to reform it, which is being carried out by recently appointed officials.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE, Kazakhstan's KGB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Paris the DGSE adopts a TREX

Nur-Sultan the new KNB master's rise signals victory for the Tokayev camp

Paris DGSE more careful on the internet than DGSI