The frequent utterance of the word GIGN in Ad Vitam has made fans curious to know its meaning. Directed by Rodolphe Lauga, the Netflix movie features Franck Lazarev on a challenging quest to find his ...

Elite French forces are leaving nothing to chance before the opening of the Paris Olympics on July 26. Facing a security situation described by the interior ministry as the most challenging in modern ...

Friday's standoff against the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo terror attack and an apparent ally in France ended with all three dead, as well as at least four hostages ...

Explore the origins and evolution of the GIGN, France’s premier counter-terrorism unit within the National Gendarmerie. Founded to handle high-risk operations, hostage rescues, and counter-terrorism ...

On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was set for a routine flight from Algiers to Paris. Instead, the passengers and crew spent three days as the hostages of Islamist extremists. They were ...

These guys are good, and they know it. Inside Rainbow’s third episode takes a look at French counter-terrorism unit, GIGN. Heavily armored, and armed with skills essential to the team’s survival.

Delve into the intense training, organization, and operational specialties of the GIGN. From its intervention force and observation units to snipers, divers, negotiators, and protection teams, ...

The French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) has ordered a new standard issue weapon. It has selected the Bren 2 assault rifle from Czech company CZ. The company told Shephard at the ...

The GIGN – Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale – was created in the aftermath of the deadly failure to counter the hostage taking of Israeli Olympians at the 1972 Games in Munich. A ...