Draft:Comya Group

Comya Group is a British private military company with operations in Sudan, Ukraine, Mozambique, Central African Republic and Nigeria.

Founded in 2018 by Alexandre Benalla, former project manager and deputy chief of staff to French President Emmanuel Macron. Main character in the Benalla Affair, a major scandal of Macron's first five-year term.

Sudan
In April 2023, Comya Group participated in the evacuation of foreign nationals trapped during the outbreak of the Sudanese conflict, by transporting civilians to official assembly points (embassies, airports) in order to allow their departure from the country.

This operation was carried out by former DGSE (French security service) officers working for Comya Group.

The president of the French security and defense services company, Gallice Gilles Sacaze, revealed that he subcontracted Comya Group to lead the evacuations of his clients.

The intervention of the company Comya Group has sparked controversy within the French Parliament, Senator Pierre Laurent notably drew the attention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna to the fact that private companies should not be authorized to carry out sovereign missions like the evacuation of nationals.

Ukraine
Intelligence Online revealed that the company Comya Group has start operation in Kiev, the company would provide civil training services in Ukraine (mine clearance, explosive detection dogs) for the benefit of the Ukrainian armed forces.

France
In 2020, Comya Group and CS Group, led by former French minister Yazid Sabeg began discussions to enter the facial recognition and vision-based artificial intelligence market with William Eldin, founder of Coyote and President of XXII.

Saudi Arabia
In October 2023, the European Investigative Collaborations revealed in its Predator Files investigation that the company Comya Group was involved in the sale of spyware to the Saudi intelligence services.

Investigative journalists reveal that the founder of Comya Group, Alexandre Benalla was one of those responsible for the security of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before taking up his position at the French Presidency. Mediapart reveals that during Mohammed ben Salman 's first official visit to Paris, Alexandre Benalla participated in the private meeting between Emmanuel Macron and the Saudi Crown Prince.

Guinea-Bissau
The Mediapart newspaper revealed in September 2020, between the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Alexandre Benalla, President of Comya Group and Ludovic Chaker, advisor and member of the military staff of President Emmanuel Macron during the official visit of the Bissau-Guinean President in Paris.