France’s GIGN is not just elite—it’s infamous for its final trust exercise, where candidates fire live rounds at teammates.

In the movie, the depicted fictional unit has its capabilities just like the real GIGN, whose skills have been utilized in the face of extreme circumstances to create order amidst palpable tension.

In France, the Groupe d’Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) was formed as a special tactics unit within the country’s Gendarmerie paramilitary national police. While elite units are most ...

French police say they rescued the father of a wealthy crypto entrepreneur, the second ransom case linked to the crypto world this year.

The first delivery of SATCOM-as-a-Service from Ovzon 3 will be to the French tactical police unit GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) which will use the service with immediate ...

The Gendarmerie’s elite GIGN unit rescued the couple after a 48-hour operation. Balland was hospitalized for injuries, and most of the ransom was recovered. The suspects, aged 20-40, face ...

A raid by France’s elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit that specializes in hostage ... after that by the liberation, again by the GIGN, of his wife, found tied up in a vehicle ...

The operation marked the conclusion of a 48-hour manhunt for the entrepreneur and his wife who had been rescued by the gendarmerie's GIGN tactical unit just 24 hours prior. The couple had been ...

It did not give details of the release, but said it was the result of extensive police work, including by GIGN, one of France's elite tactical police units. In a later statement on Thursday ...

The member of the gendarmerie's GIGN, its elite tactical unit, was killed during the operation in Dorlin in the centre of the French territory, said a source close to the matter, asking not to be ...

Around 40 paramilitary police from the GIGN unit were on their way to assist Malian security forces dealing with a hostage situation at the Radisson Blu hotel, said a ministry spokesman.