Private Security

  • How Floating Armories Help Guard Cargo Ships

    On Board the Arsenals That Ferry Guns and Guards to Passing Vessels on the Edge of the Indian Ocean. How Floating Armories Help Guard Cargo Ships From Pirates on High […]

  • Nigeria to detain foreign guards

    Life becoming harder for Western PMSCs. FG to detain ships entering nation’s territorial water with foreign guards By Godwin Oritse LAGOS — THE Federal Government has said that it will not […]

  • Bastion announces new platform

    Platform to simplify PMSC selection process. PRESS RELEASE Bastion announces new platform Malta-based maritime security brokerage Bastion International has created an online platform where shipping companies can trade with security […]

  • Sri Lanka floating armoury investigated

    Investigation to begin this week. Shocking revelations of deep security state within the State Defence Ministry-sponsored private army links up with private maritime company supplying arms Huge armouries of private […]

  • SL gov’t probes defence deals

    Floating armoury part of probe. Sirisena Government Probing Defense Ministry’s Shady Deals By P.K. Balachandran COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has ordered investigations into the shady deals of the Ministry of […]

  • Did 2014 signal the end of physical piracy?

    Short answer… no. Did 2014 signal the end of physical piracy? Compared to the number of attacks that occurred between 2009 and 2013, 2014 was a relatively tempered year as […]

  • Arrests made in Norway navy sale

    Two UK businessmen arrested on suspicion of involvement in sale of warships to Nigerian security company In December last year, the Norwegian press revealed that six decommissioned naval Hauk-class guided […]

  • SL Coup Theory Alive With Arms Discovery

    Floating armoury used by PMSCs detained. SL Coup Theory Alive With Arms Discovery By P K Balachandran COLOMBO: The discovery of huge caches of arms and ammunition on board a vessel […]

  • Former AdvanFort man in witch hunt

    No sign of freedom for former PMSC operatives. Witch Hunt Started Against Us, Claims Wigton Man Stranded in India By Emily Parsons A man stranded in India claims he is […]

  • Interview: Insight into Piracy

    Trends in piracy in 2014. Interview: Insight into Piracy 2014 has been a pretty eventful year with respect to pirate activities, seeing a tragic end with a crew member of a […]