HKTAG smartens up HK surveillance for Beijing | Ex-agent Butina's new Moscow life | G4S pulls out of Iraq, Afghanistan

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Daily issue Tuesday 4 May 2021 SPOTLIGHT  HONGKONG   CHINA   INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKING    Hong Kong Aerospace to help monitor cities for Beijing   Several executives at the satellite company Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) have ties with China's United Front Work Department, which is responsible for influence campaigns abroad.  [...] GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE  UNITED STATES    Christy Abizaid to oversee new priorities at NCTC   The National Counterterrorism Center is in the throes of an existential crisis as the terrorism threat slips down the list of US priorities.  [...]      BELGIUM   FRANCE    France and Belgium head down different paths over CJEU data bulk collection ruling, paving the way for cooperation issues   French and Belgian administrative courts differ greatly in their interpretation of the CJEU's data bulk collection and storage ruling of 6 October 2020: the French Council of State allows flexibility for the security apparatus while Belgian's constitutional court has taken a "no quarter" approach.  [...] INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKING  FRANCE   QATAR    Belgian-Lebanese agent Georges Chebib struggles to convince in Paris   Businessman Georges Chebib has recently been doing the rounds of French companies to tout his services as an agent in Qatar. But after a number of setbacks with other agents in the emirate, French executives are wary.  [...] CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE  UNITED KINGDOM    What will become of G4S' Iraqi, Afghan and African security contracts?   Following its purchase by Allied Universal, G4S has pledged to give up most of its activities in hostile environments, which should foster new opportunities for its competitors.  [...]      RUSSIA    Gun-loving ex-agent Maria Butina launches political career   The Russian pro-gun lobbyist who was deported from the US in 2019 for being an unauthorised foreign agent will be a candidate in the Russian parliamentary elections in September.  [...] SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION  ISRAEL    Israeli GEOINT firm ISI aims for reboot with focus on analytics   ImageSat International is preparing to launch on the Tel Aviv stock market as the company refocuses on data analytics.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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