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

The GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) is one of the most respected counter-terrorism units in the world, operating under France’s national gendarmerie. Founded in the wake ...

Police in France rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom. It's the latest alleged criminal effort in the country to extort ...

Since Monday, May 26, police have carried out a series of raids targeting the suspected organizers of multiple kidnappings.

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 ...

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 ...

A raid by France’s elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit that specializes in hostage situations freed Balland the next day, followed the day after that by the liberation, again by the ...

A raid by France’s elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit that specializes in hostage situations freed Balland the next day, followed the day after that by the liberation, again by the ...