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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 17:46:12 GMT 10
New Topic - The Growth of Private Security Companies
With the US gradually withdrawing troops from long drawn out problem areas in the middle east and appearing to downsize the forces in a cost saving measure I would like to point out what many are not aware of and that is the slack that has been created is being taken up by Private Security Forces.
(As it is still illegal inside Australia to recruit for some of these classifications of employment I left some of the article out that refers to section titled; 'How to Prepare for Mercenary Employment').
I do not condone this type of employment and was somewhat a little surprised at some companies that ARE left of this articles initial list. As I do know one very large company that does operate globally and is/was working (and still are as fare as I am aware) with G4. (It can be difficult at times to keep up with their internal - changes as these types of companies tend to 're-invent' themselves often in the real world). But G4 or G4S (I believe are one and the same) has been involved in the billions of dollars industry involving detention centres and their affiliated sub groups - this is such a huge can of worms that I will write a separate thread on this at a later date when time allows me to do so.
The Big Money World of Mercenaries and Private Security
By Global Research News
June 10, 2014
Theme: Culture, Society & History, Police State & Civil Rights
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By Jasmine Henrique
Private Security Beginnings:
13th Century B.C.: Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses the II hires Nubians (popularly known as Medjai), Libyans, Syrians, and Sherdens (from Sardinia) to compliment his own military and security forces.
400 A.D. During the Byzantine empire, emperors contracted foreigners for their personal security, forming the Varangion Guard.
1748: Harry Fielding, in the UK, proposed the founding of a permanent well paid professional security force.
1850s: Allan Pinkerton (a former Chicago police detective) created the Pinkerton Agency, his own private security agency.
Private Security
Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com
In an Increasingly Violent World:
526,000: number of people killed by armed violence every year
Every minute: 1 person dies of armed violence
87.8: percentage of people killed annually in non conflict settings
12.2: percentage killed in conflict settings
1 in 10: number of people killed in conflict, or terroristic settings a year
The most dangerous places in the world (global average, 7.9 persons killed per 100,000 people):
• Syria: 3,750: Average number of violent deaths per month. More than 140,000 people have been killed in the past two years, including 7,000 children.
• El Salvador: 61.9 people killed per 100,000 every year
• Iraq: 59.4/100,000 (but on the rise)
• Jamaica: 58.1/100,000
• Afghanistan: 14.3 deaths per 1,000
4,000: Number of homicides in Caracas, Venezuela in 2012
The Rise of Private Security Services in Modern Times:
2005: At the Height of the Iraqi War:
• 20,000: number of non-Iraqi security contractors
Of these, 5-6,000 were British, American, South African, Russian or European; another 12,000 are from Third World countries, such as Fiji, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and India.
• 15,000 Iraqi security contractors
Most were hired mainly by the British security firm Erinys to guard Iraq’s oil infrastructure.
Today:
#1: U.S. is the number top user of private contract security services in the world
$174+ billion: amount spent on security services, worldwide, 2010
35: percentage of worldwide security services market is in U.S., 2014
17: percentage growth anticipated by 2015
$210 billion: amount projected worldwide demand of security services, in 2015
Fueling demand of personal security:
• Increased urbanization
• Need to protect assets
• Lack of faith in public safety
• Fear of crime and terrorism
Fueling the growth of the personal security industry:
• Foreign investment
• Economic recover
• Overloading of public services
In the U.S.:
Private Security
2 million: number of private security personnel
90,000: number of private security organizations
Vs. Law Enforcement
765,000: employed law enforcement personnel
17,985: number of state and local law enforcement agencies
80: percentage of private security personnel employment from 1980-2010
Less than 1: percentage of applicants hired by elite security firms.
What private security firms do:
Personal protection of:
• Business executives
• Celebrities
• Government officials
• Consulting and Training
• Threat assessment
• Threat management
• Investigation
• Legal support
• Background checks
• Information security
On the Sea: Private Maritime Security vs. Piracy
• $400 million: Annual cost of multinational naval presence
• 0: number of ships hijacked with private security aboard
• 140: number of maritime private security firms now operational
• 35,000: number of cargo ships that must pass through high risk zones
• $5.5 million: average ransom paid to pirates
Personal protection: about 50 % of private security services requested is for personal security
Guards for private security firms can make between $400 and $600 per day.
Guards employed by Blackwater, a high-profile American company that guarded Ambassador Paul Bremer in Iraq, were paid up to $1000 a day.
The world’s most powerful mercenary armies:
• G4S: employs 625,000
• Presence in more than 125 countries
• 2nd largest employer in the world (after WalMart)
• Unity Resources Group: 1,200 employees
• Strong presence in Iraq
• Erinys: more than 15,000 (unofficial)
• Asia Security Group, employs 600. Formerly owned by Karzai, president of Afghanistan.
• Dyncorp: staff in excess of 5,000.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 18:09:00 GMT 10
Very Interesting!
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Post by remnantprep on Jun 11, 2014 18:18:46 GMT 10
New Topic - The Growth of Private Security Companies
With the US gradually withdrawing troops from long drawn out problem areas in the middle east and appearing to downsize the forces in a cost saving measure I would like to point out what many are not aware of and that is the slack that has been created is being taken up by Private Security Forces.
(As it is still illegal inside Australia to recruit for some of these classifications of employment I left some of the article out that refers to section titled; 'How to Prepare for Mercenary Employment').
I do not condone this type of employment and was somewhat a little surprised at some companies that ARE left of this articles initial list. As I do know one very large company that does operate globally and is/was working (and still are as fare as I am aware) with G4. (It can be difficult at times to keep up with their internal - changes as these types of companies tend to 're-invent' themselves often in the real world). But G4 or G4S (I believe are one and the same) has been involved in the billions of dollars industry involving detention centres and their affiliated sub groups - this is such a huge can of worms that I will write a separate thread on this at a later date when time allows me to do so.
The Big Money World of Mercenaries and Private Security
By Global Research News
June 10, 2014
Theme: Culture, Society & History, Police State & Civil Rights
Private_security_thumb
By Jasmine Henrique
Private Security Beginnings:
13th Century B.C.: Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses the II hires Nubians (popularly known as Medjai), Libyans, Syrians, and Sherdens (from Sardinia) to compliment his own military and security forces.
400 A.D. During the Byzantine empire, emperors contracted foreigners for their personal security, forming the Varangion Guard.
1748: Harry Fielding, in the UK, proposed the founding of a permanent well paid professional security force.
1850s: Allan Pinkerton (a former Chicago police detective) created the Pinkerton Agency, his own private security agency.
Private Security
Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com
In an Increasingly Violent World:
526,000: number of people killed by armed violence every year
Every minute: 1 person dies of armed violence
87.8: percentage of people killed annually in non conflict settings
12.2: percentage killed in conflict settings
1 in 10: number of people killed in conflict, or terroristic settings a year
The most dangerous places in the world (global average, 7.9 persons killed per 100,000 people):
• Syria: 3,750: Average number of violent deaths per month. More than 140,000 people have been killed in the past two years, including 7,000 children.
• El Salvador: 61.9 people killed per 100,000 every year
• Iraq: 59.4/100,000 (but on the rise)
• Jamaica: 58.1/100,000
• Afghanistan: 14.3 deaths per 1,000
4,000: Number of homicides in Caracas, Venezuela in 2012
The Rise of Private Security Services in Modern Times:
2005: At the Height of the Iraqi War:
• 20,000: number of non-Iraqi security contractors
Of these, 5-6,000 were British, American, South African, Russian or European; another 12,000 are from Third World countries, such as Fiji, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and India.
• 15,000 Iraqi security contractors
Most were hired mainly by the British security firm Erinys to guard Iraq’s oil infrastructure.
Today:
#1: U.S. is the number top user of private contract security services in the world
$174+ billion: amount spent on security services, worldwide, 2010
35: percentage of worldwide security services market is in U.S., 2014
17: percentage growth anticipated by 2015
$210 billion: amount projected worldwide demand of security services, in 2015
Fueling demand of personal security:
• Increased urbanization
• Need to protect assets
• Lack of faith in public safety
• Fear of crime and terrorism
Fueling the growth of the personal security industry:
• Foreign investment
• Economic recover
• Overloading of public services
In the U.S.:
Private Security
2 million: number of private security personnel
90,000: number of private security organizations
Vs. Law Enforcement
765,000: employed law enforcement personnel
17,985: number of state and local law enforcement agencies
80: percentage of private security personnel employment from 1980-2010
Less than 1: percentage of applicants hired by elite security firms.
What private security firms do:
Personal protection of:
• Business executives
• Celebrities
• Government officials
• Consulting and Training
• Threat assessment
• Threat management
• Investigation
• Legal support
• Background checks
• Information security
On the Sea: Private Maritime Security vs. Piracy
• $400 million: Annual cost of multinational naval presence
• 0: number of ships hijacked with private security aboard
• 140: number of maritime private security firms now operational
• 35,000: number of cargo ships that must pass through high risk zones
• $5.5 million: average ransom paid to pirates
Personal protection: about 50 % of private security services requested is for personal security
Guards for private security firms can make between $400 and $600 per day.
Guards employed by Blackwater, a high-profile American company that guarded Ambassador Paul Bremer in Iraq, were paid up to $1000 a day.
The world’s most powerful mercenary armies:
• G4S: employs 625,000
• Presence in more than 125 countries
• 2nd largest employer in the world (after WalMart)
• Unity Resources Group: 1,200 employees
• Strong presence in Iraq
• Erinys: more than 15,000 (unofficial)
• Asia Security Group, employs 600. Formerly owned by Karzai, president of Afghanistan.
• Dyncorp: staff in excess of 5,000.
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 18:23:34 GMT 10
Yes they are the same from memory.
It should be noted that the Wackenhut corporation (which now operates as GEO PTY. LTD. in Australia) and the now G4S have a history as well.
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Post by remnantprep on Jun 11, 2014 18:25:41 GMT 10
Yes they are the same from memory. It should be noted that the Wackenhut corporation (which now operates as GEO PTY. LTD. in Australia) and the now G4S have a history as well. Is that seriously the name? Wackenhut!!!  |
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 18:35:22 GMT 10
Yes they are the same from memory. It should be noted that the Wackenhut corporation (which now operates as GEO PTY. LTD. in Australia) and the now G4S have a history as well. Is that seriously the name? Wackenhut!!! The Wackenhut family are/were the largest privet security and correctional centre providers globally - under GEO thay operate in Perth airport, Melbourne reception centre, Arthur Gorie CC in Qld and Junee CC in NSW. This goes with a 5,000 bed centre in Africa and some in NZ and I don't know how many in the US. That is just the correctional side - there are several other well know names that are companies under their umbrella as well. They rarely give interviews.
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 18:36:57 GMT 10
The Wackenhut Corporation Marc Shapiro, VP, Strategic Partnerships 4200 Wackenhut Dr. Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 (561) 622-5656 Fax: (561) 691-6727 Url: www.wackenhut.com |
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Post by remnantprep on Jun 11, 2014 19:10:47 GMT 10
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 19:19:06 GMT 10
Yes - it's wakenhut though............. (Briefly, this is the quick explanation: - these companies have name changes when publicity gets too hot and subsidiary companies to take the bad press while the parent company looks clean to most people).
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4S_Secure_Solutions
G4S Secure Solutions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
G4S Secure Solutions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
G4S Secure Solutions (USA) is an American security services company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of G4S plc. It was founded as The Wackenhut Corporation in 1954, in Coral Gables, Florida, by George Wackenhut and three partners (all former FBI agents). In 2002 the company was acquired for $570 million by Danish corporation Group 4 Falck (itself then merged to form British company G4S in 2004).[1] In 2010, G4S Wackenhut changed its name to G4S Secure Solutions (USA) to reflect the new business model.[2][3] The G4S Americas Region headquarters is in Jupiter, Florida.[4][5]
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Post by remnantprep on Jun 11, 2014 19:23:44 GMT 10
So does Wakenhut still exist as Wakenhut?
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 20:13:47 GMT 10
So does Wakenhut still exist as Wakenhut? Yes, as far as I know they are still the parent company and rack in the cash - and operates under many different names GEO PTY.LTD. and a lot of others in Australia. .......................................... The Wackenhut Corporation
Marc Shapiro, VP, Strategic Partnerships
4200 Wackenhut Dr.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
(561) 622-5656 Fax: (561) 691-6727
Url: www.wackenhut.com
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Post by sentinel on Jun 11, 2014 20:42:22 GMT 10
So does Wakenhut still exist as Wakenhut? Yes, as far as I know they are still the parent company and rack in the cash - and operates under many different names GEO PTY.LTD. and a lot of others in Australia. .......................................... The Wackenhut Corporation
Marc Shapiro, VP, Strategic Partnerships
4200 Wackenhut Dr.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
(561) 622-5656 Fax: (561) 691-6727
Url: www.wackenhut.com
. from ;G4S - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4S#Wackenhut_subsidiary
Wackenhut subsidiary[edit]
Main article: G4S Secure Solutions
G4S subsidiary Wackenhut, in September 2005, faced allegations of security lapses at seven military bases where it was contracted to provide services. The company claimed the accusations were false and promoted by a union seeking to enroll its employees.[75]
In March 2006, whistle-blowers employed at Wackenhut released information to the press revealing that the company cheated on an anti-terrorism drill at a US nuclear site. It also performed poorly on another drill at a separate location. The allegations claimed that Wackenhut systematically violated weapons inventory and handling policies and that managers showed new hires spots at the facilities where they could take naps and cut corners during patrols.[76]
In July 2007, US Senator Bob Casey urged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to re-examine federal plans involving Wackenhut and its operations at US nuclear facilities, public transit systems and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The Senator said the company was responsible for short-changing its employees.[77]
In winter 2008, the New York Times reported that the Exelon Corporation would replace Wackenhut as an in-house security provider at ten US nuclear power plants. This followed the discovery of guards sleeping while on the clock.[78]
On 24 January 2012, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported that a Wackenhut security guard slept while on the job at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and had also used an unauthorised mobile telephone while inside the high-security facility. Photographs of the incidents were distributed to the publication, as well as the lab, Wackenhut and the US Department of Energy, which oversees the plant's operations. The facility houses approximately half a ton of Uranium 233, enough for nearly 250 improvised nuclear detonations.[79] On 28 July 2012 the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory protected by a US subsidiary of G4S, was breached by three protesters, identified as Megan Rice, 82, Michael Walli, 63 and Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, who got as far as the outer wall of the uranium building and allegedly daubed it with slogans and splashed it with human blood.[80] The three form the anti-nuclear weapons activist group Transform Now Plowshares, a part of the Plowshares Movement.[80] Operations at the site were suspended following the breach[81] after performance tests were conducted on the Wackenhut Services Inc. Oak Ridge guard force. During the tests, a federal inspector discovered copies of questions and answers for the test inside a guard force vehicle, resulting in the administrative reassignment of the new security director.[82]
In 2012, the Kansas City Star reported that three protestors were found in a secure area at the Y-12 National Security Complex.[83]
In 2013, G4S announced its intention to divest its US Government services business, citing difficulties faced by non US business in accessing appropriate data.[84]
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Post by Big Ted on Jun 12, 2014 22:01:49 GMT 10
(Briefly, this is the quick explanation: - these companies have name changes when publicity gets too hot and subsidiary companies to take the bad press while the parent company looks clean to most people). This is pretty much SOP for Most Big companies irrespective of what they do for profit. Its a Smart way to operate and it provides protection for assets against any legal proceedings. What exactly is it Sentinel that you do not like about Professional Private Soldiers for hire and Security companies?  The work is there and someone needs to do it. Whats the story mate? |
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Post by sentinel on Jun 19, 2014 14:47:45 GMT 10
It's not P.P.S's that are the problem.
It's those at the very top who will throw their staff to the wolves to protect themselves when publicity goes bad.
(You don't see any managers or others in charge get hauled over the coals - it's usually the poor buggers on the ground - look at the latest with the off-shore processing claims - I bet they were acting under 'verbal' orders.)
The main purpose of the this Threads origin was to make others aware that a number of these organisations do exist and are used by gov'ts for various reasons.
I quoted those two particular ones for my example as I do know some of their ways and methods.
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