Interesting article here from Business Week concerning Trident Group, a Virginia based corporate investigative firm that focuses on aiding U.S. companies in their business dealings in the former Soviet Union (due diligenc, intellectual property protection, litigation support). Trident Group also has an office in Moscow and both of its locations, as BusinessWeek giddily reports, are stocked with ex-KGB agents. Primarily focuses on the story of Trident President, Yuri A. Koshkin, the article also touches on the broader story of the intelligence community's accelerated move into corporate the corporate sphere. Recommended reading.

-- MDT

Labels: Former Soviet Union, KGB, Prescience, Trident Group