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Sample from Past Issue

SPOTLIGHT

Interest groups Thrive on Crisis

01/11/01 - All service suppliers haven’t suffered from the crisis springing from the Sept. 11 attacks. In the highly particular trade of lobbying on behalf of governments some U.

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UNITED KINGDOM

Andy Blezzard

The success or failure of the National Criminal Intelligence Service’s efforts to stamp out funding for terrorists rests largely on the shoulders of Andy Blezzard, head of the agency’s Economic Crime Unit since 1996. (...).

FRANCE

Pierre Lafrance

An Arabic-speaker, Pierre Lafrance has emerged as a key figure in helping to shape French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine’s policy on Afghanistan. (...).

EUROPE

FBI Knocks ?on Europol Door

In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI officials in Europe stepped up their ?diplomatic pressure? to sit permanently on Europol, the organization that sees to judicial cooperation between Europe’s police forces. (...).

UNITED STATES

Ever-Closer Watch on Cyberspace

Virtually all of the laws and regulations governing U.S. intelligence agencies drafted before Sept. 11 have been reviewed with tougher security in mind. (...).

FRANCE

Finater Takes Off

A new French finance ministry unit that was set up following the Sept. 11 attacks to track down terrorist funds will operate like a ? (...).

FINANCIAL CRIME

Traces of Elf’s Treasure-Trove in Switzerland

01/11/01 - French investigators inquiring into the Elf Affair since 1996 never thought to put any questions to their Swiss counterparts about Rivunion, a small Swiss bank established near Geneva airport and 100% owned by Elf. They should have.. (...).

DIPLOMACY

US-Uzbek Relations a Six-Year Affair

01/11/01 - The current U.S. Army presence in Uzbekistan is the offspring of a relationship conducted over a number of years between Washington and Tashkent.

ARMS SALES

The Northern Alliance’s Shopping List

01/11/01 - Anti-Taliban forces are taking advantage of their new romance with everybody from Moscow to Washington to replenish their arsenals. Only a short while ago, their new-found friends were steadfastly refusing to arm them. (...).

TERRORISM

Tehran and Washington Inch Closer Together

01/11/01 - The guardians of Iran’s revolution have taken an historic decision to dismantle most of their overseas networks. At the same time, the idea of forming an anti-terrorist partnership with Iran is gaining ground in the White House. (...).

RIYADH

Will the Al Saoud Family Weather the Storm?

Under constant American pressure, the Al Saoud family held an extraordinary conclave on Oct. (...).

GENEVA

When Will Al Taqwa’s Secrets Leak Out?

In early October, Swtizerland’s chief public prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, categorically denied that the former Al Taqwa company, re-named Nada Management and registered in the Tessin canton, could have handled funds from Islamist movements responsible for the Sept. (...).

ROME

How Will Italy’s Military Take Part?

Italian defense minister Antonio Martino declared before the parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committee that met exceptionally in Montecitorio on Oct. (...).

ORGANIZED CRIME

British Briefing

Britain’s National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) is sponsoring an event entitled the ? (...).

INTELLLIGENCE

French Conclave

The Association Francaise pour le Developpement de l’Intelligence Economique (AFDIE) is organizing a 4th national business intelligence conference in Paris on Nov. (...).

FRANCE

Jean-Michel Etarian

The French authorities view Jean-Michel Etarian, deputy director of a network that provides support for the European Commission’s Ereka program, as a ? (...).

UNITED STATES

Stuart Eizenstat

The U.S. lobbying concern APCO has hired the services of Stuart Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of treasury in the Clinton administration. (...).

UNITED KINGDOM

Switch in CRG’s ?Insurance Partner

The British concern Control Risks Group is going from success to success on the American market barely three years after opening its first offices on the East Coast. (...).

UNITED STATES

Decision Strategies Spreads its Wings

The investigative and business intelligence firm Decision Strategies (formerly DSFX) has made its first foray into the New York market by acquiring the firm Strang Hayes Consulting. (...).

UNITED STATES

Akin Gump & Co’s Strange Connections

Since at least 1998, the lobbying and legal counseling firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauerr & Field has worked directly for the Saudi government. (...).

WASHINGTON

Government Work Suddenly Seems Attractive

01/11/01 - The Bush administration has a whole list of new needs for staff since the Sept. 11 attacks. This could mean the private security industry could find itself short of manpower. (...).

BRUSSELS

Highly Strategic Fight for World Patent

01/11/01 - The planning staff of high technology groups from Brussels to Geneva are engaged in a fierce but discreet war over patent rights. Beyond that, a struggle between Europe and the U.S. is looming. (...).

PARIS

Bio-Ethics a Lobbying Battle Ground

01/11/01 - Being judge and jury offers a lot of advantages in the life sciences. A good example can be found with a highly influential expert at the European Commission who is to become a consultant in a law firm. (...).

SPACE

New Satellite Antenna

An affiliate of BAE Systems, Communications & Defence Infrastructure, has just finished designing a new terminal for tactical satellite communications, the TSC503, on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence. (...).

COMPUTERS

The Ups and Downs of KM

Two French academics, Jean-Pierre Bernat and Christian Marcon, who specialize in information processing technology, have just published a book entitled: (...).

INTERCEPTION

Are Anti-War Militants Paranoid?

A number of American anti-war activists and privacy advocates believe the Pentagon may have been practicing its ? (...).

UNITED STATES/AFGHANISTAN

Zeppelins Fly Again

01/11/01 - Over 80 after they were first used in World War 1, observation balloons are back in fashion. The U.S. Army has deployed them on the frontier between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. (...).

UNITED STATES

The Challenge of American ID Cards

01/11/01 - Since the Sept. 11 attacks American security officials are grappling with the highly delicate subject of introducing identity cards for Americans. (...).