Abu Dhabi Secrets is an international investigation series revealing the United Arab Emirates’ influence strategy in Europe, particularly in France,[1][2] by financing a "smear campaign" to target opponents of the UAE, that is, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood.
[3] The investigation is based on confidential documents obtained through a hack into a Swiss-based economic intelligence company, Alp Services by Mario Brero which executed the smear campaign.
[4][5] In early 2017, when tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Qatar intensified, a former French journalist and a successful special affairs consultant, Roland Jacquard mediated between Alp Services and the UAE government.
[1][2] In one of the meetings at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zürich, Matar was accompanied by his superior referred to as “His Excellency” or “Ali” in the leaked documents.
The superior was identified as Ali Saeed al-Neyadi, a ministerial level aide to the Emirati royal, Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
[11] The journalist, author and director, Rokhaya Diallo filed a complaint for “illicit collection, processing and disclosure of personal data”, after she was associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Following the “Abu Dhabi Secrets”, in December 2023, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPC) brought together several open procedures into a single investigation, suspecting Mario Brero and his associate Muriel Cavin of committing six crimes.