Israeli private intelligence and cyber-espionage firm
For other uses, see Black cube.
Black Cube
Company type
Private limited company
Industry
Litigation support Competitive intelligence Risk consulting
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Tel Aviv
London
Madrid
Number of employees
340+
Website
blackcube.com
Black Cube (BC Strategy Ltd) is a private intelligence agency based in London, Tel Aviv and Madrid.[1][2] The company was founded in 2010[3] by former Israeli intelligence officers[4] Dan Zorella (in Hebrew: דן זורלא) and Avi Yanus (in Hebrew: אבי ינוס). Its employees include former members of Israeli intelligence units.[5] In the past, it has supported Israel Defense Forces (IDF) activities.[6]
Black Cube provides intelligence, evidence, and advisory services in multi-jurisdictional legal and white collar crime cases.[2] Its clients include primarily very rich people, oligarchs and corporations around the world, about whom Black Cube exposed fraud, bribery, money laundering, corruption and asset dissipation.[7][8] The company uncovered high-level corruption in Italy, Panama, and Mexico.[9][10][11] It is estimated that Black Cube has managed to recover as much as $5.3 billion of assets for its clients and win $14.7 billion through court verdicts or out-of-court settlements.[12][13][14]
Black Cube's tactics have resulted in a number of international controversies. In Romania, two of its employees were convicted of criminal charges involving harassment and hacking.[15][16][17][18] The firm also drew condemnation for covertly surveilling and assisting efforts to discredit women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual violence and the investigative journalists researching whether those accusations were credible.[19][20]
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^Meier 2021, p. 106.
^"Israel Hired Black Cube, Allowing Spy Firm to Operate Out of Military Intel Base". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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^"Israel's Black Cube said to have uncovered widespread corruption in Panama". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.
^Whelan, Robbie (11 October 2019). "Secret Recordings Describe Extensive Bribery at Mexico's Pemex". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^חזני, גולן (29 April 2019). ""בלאק קיוב חשפה בגרמניה נכסים מוסתרים של אליעזר פישמן בעשרות מיליוני יורו"". כלכליסט - www.calcalist.co.il. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^לוי-וינריב, אלה (14 February 2018). "יורשי זיסר ישלמו 95 מ' ש' לבנק הפועלים במסגרת הסדר פשרה". Globes. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^Mendick, Robert (21 March 2024). "Inside the shadowy world of the 'private Mossad'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^"Israeli citizen gets probation after pleading guilty in espionage case in Romania".
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^"Black Cube CEO suspected of running crime organization. Revealed: The Romania interrogation". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^Rutenberg, Jim (7 November 2017). "Report Details Weinstein's Covert Attempt to Halt Publication of Accusations New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^"Ronan Farrow, Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies". The New Yorker. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^"Harvey Weinstein Hired ex-Mossad Agents to Track Women Accusing Him of Sexual Assault". Haaretz. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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