Counterintelligence

Shady business behind CPEC

The last months a lot of paper about the CPEC were produced – regarding the Chinese political-economic agenda in South East Asia. Beside the official and more or less...

Another boring Reichsbürger…

… can look for a T-Shirt here: One can also buy it as a “Braunhemd” which means here a brown coloured T-Shirt: Who is behind Abarcshop? But this time no Chinese...

Reichsbürger Hoodie

Funny to see: Since months one can read about the so-called Reichsbürger movement, sometimes about really alarming incidents, e.g. German anti-terror police uncover hidden...

The name Abbas Kamel…

…reminds me of something… Reading that the Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Thursday afternoon appointing his office director...

The North Korean lifeline…

…is also maintained by vessels, but obviously it is not so easy to detect every single entity. Actually it is reported that South Korean authorities have seized a...

Why sanctions doesn’t work with North Korea…

…or: Chatting with Chinese secretary I did some research about the North Korean Tanchon Mining Machine Factory, a well known actor in the DPRK, often mentioned in various...

Tracking illicit trade networks in Asia…

…is something I like to do, because it definitely pays off. 2016 I wrote something about the connection between China, Pakistan and North Korea – which resulted in a...

China – North Korea: Cooperation not so new

An article by the Wall Street Journal describes the cooperation between a Chinese and a North Korean company: Limac Corp. and Ryonbong General Corp. The article declares: „For most...

Bugging the mob…

The practical thing is that in many cases mob and political power are near to each other – literally: Sometimes they live next door. This can be confusing for both. And for the...