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

NEAR DIJON, FRANCE — The assault team advanced in a line, stacked up behind the point man. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. He was ...

Take an inside look with us at GIGN - the tip of France’s counterterrorism spear - and the rifles that form the backbone of its tactics and doctrine. We trace how a unit that fields everything from ...