Tag: Private Security

  • Security Contractors: Greater Oversight

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    Following their recent trip to Somalia, the United Nations expert panel urge greater oversight for private security contractors in the Horn of Africa country. Somalia: UN experts on use of […]

  • Cape Verde Licence PMSCs

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    SeaMarshals Gains First Licence As Cape Verde Leads Fight Against West African Piracy. In a move designed to thwart the escalating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Government of […]

  • Why size matters: Piracy and PCASP teams

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    Over the course of the last two to three years the use of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) in the High Risk Area in the Northwest Indian Ocean has […]

  • Anti-piracy plans divide opinions

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    Lack of consensus remains across the regional shipping sector on how best to tackle Somali piracy. Despite the fact that the number of attacks by Somali pirates fell in the […]

  • Is private security getting less private?

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    The world of private security has always been perceived as one of secrecy and mystery but of late there seems to be a sea of change. The lack of one […]

  • S. America maritime security business up

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    Maritime security concerns are fueling a rise in the marketing and sales of equipment and services that feed into the growing procurement business with Central and South American navies and […]

  • Fighting Pirates

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    Why Fighting Pirates Is Both Good and Bad for PSC. If you have been paying any attention at all this year to the piracy situation off Somalia you may remember […]

  • Piracy drops by 54% in Gulf of Aden

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    Ahead of the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that pirate attacks off the Somali coast have declined by […]

  • Shipping Faces New Security Challenge

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    Piracy off the coast of East Africa has fallen dramatically over the past year thanks in part to better naval surveillance and shipping companies going to sea with armed maritime […]

  • Floating Armoury

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    A vessel being used by a Sri Lankan company to operate a floating-armoury in the Gulf of Aden was briefly arrested by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates. Sinbad […]

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