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Where is transatlantic intelligence-sharing headed under the Trump administration?

Repeated threats to annex Greenland, controversial diplomatic statements, and, more broadly, the antagonistic stance of the American executive toward Europeans point to an unprecedented climate of distrust among transatlantic allies, of which the latest Davos forum provided a revealing example. But what about alliances between intelligence services?

The Conversation

Telegram's Durov Repeats Claim France Interfered In Romania Vote

The co-founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, on Tuesday repeated his allegation that French intelligence pressured him to interfere in this month's Romanian presidential election.

International Business Times

France Detains 55 Men In Paedophile Ring Crackdown

Fifty-five men were arrested in France this week as part of an operation to dismantle a suspected paedophile ring operating via the Telegram messaging app, authorities said Thursday.

International Business Times

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Fact check: Did France ask Telegram founder Durov to silence Romanian conservatives?

Paris has categorically rejected the allegations made by Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who has provided no evidence to back up his allegations.

Euronews

French Intelligence Rejects Telegram Founder's Claim Of Romania Vote Meddling

France's foreign intelligence service on Monday rejected claims from Telegram founder Pavel Durov that its head had requested the tech mogul to ban pro-conservative Romanian accounts from the platform ahead of weekend elections.

International Business Times

France's former intelligence chief faces trial for attempted extortion

In a case that has exposed the secretive financial dealings of France's foreign intelligence service, former director Bernard Bajolet stands accused of plotting to coerce a businessman into handing over millions of euros that the spy agency claims it is owed from investments.

Radio France Internationale

Celine Berthon Made France's First Woman Spy Agency Chief

France appointed its first woman domestic intelligence chief Wednesday, with top police officer Celine Berthon stepping up to head the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).

International Business Times

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Were Afghan spies working for French secret cell 'left to die' at hands of Taliban?

Dozens of Afghan intelligence agents who worked for the French secret services in Afghanistan say they were abandoned by France after the Taliban took power on 15 August, 2021. These allegations are revealed Wednesday in a joint investigation by RFI, the NGO Lighthouse Reports and daily newspaper Le Monde.

Radio France Internationale

The con artist and the WWI war chest: How the French secret service wound up in a blackmail scandal

It has all the elements of the perfect spy novel – a secret war chest, an immoral businessman and daring blackmail attempts. An explosive investigative report on Wednesday blew the lid off of what may be one of the French foreign intelligence service’s best-kept secrets: how it allegedly got swindled…

France 24

Iran airs alleged confessions of French couple accused of spying

Iranian state television on Thursday broadcast what the authorities in Tehran claim are "confessions" by two French nationals, five months after the pair were arrested in the Islamic republic.

Radio France Internationale

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