GIGN blends military capability with law enforcement precision, making it one of the world’s most effective paramilitary ...

The MR73 would become the emblem of the GIGN and was quickly put to use in several successful hostage rescue missions that the group completed. GIGN adopted an 8"-barreled version of the MR73 as a ...

French President François Mitterrand congratulates GIGN agents who freed Air France Flight 8969, December 27, 1994. Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images ...

Members of the GIGN (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group) sit in a helicopter flying over Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who ...

Founded after the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israelis died in an attack by a Palestinian militant group, the GIGN is responsible for freeing hostages, counter-terrorism operations ...

The GIGN specialises in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, protecting government officials and tackling organised crime. It was formed in the wake of the 1972 Munich Olympics "massacre" in which ...