GIGN, as the group is known, is the French police's elite counterterrorism unit, similar to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. It specializes in counterterrorism and hostage-rescue and has become ...

GIGN's weapons and technology include some of the most advanced equipment in the world, some of it highly experimental in nature, along with some very low-tech but proven tools.

GIGN blends military capability with law enforcement precision, making it one of the world’s most effective paramilitary forces. From mountain warfare to diplomatic security, its operators are ...

Three officers of France's GIGN counterterrorism unit conduct a live-fire exercise near Dijon, France. Mac William Bishop / NBC News Aug. 23, 2016, 5:44 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 23, 2016, 12:56 PM EDT ...

GIGN. A counter-terrorism unit of the French military, GIGN played a lead role in the operation against the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Said and Cherif Kouachi.

Ad Vitam, “For Life” in Latin, was the motto Franck’s father carried with him into the GIGN, and Franck followed him into the ranks of the elite unit.

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.

GIGN adopted an 8"-barreled version of the MR73 as a compact, intermediate range sniping system. Photo credit: Groupe d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale. ...

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GIGN serves as France's primary counterterrorism and hostage rescue unit, and will be providing security over the Olympics. “Ovzon’s advanced mobile satellite terminals and high-performing satellite ...

When the GIGN intervened at the address where the cell phone was located, they found Balland alive but wounded: furious at not receiving the ransom, his kidnappers had cut off his finger and sent ...