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G4S is the world's leading international security solutions group - specialises in assessing current and future risks and developing secure solutions to minimise their impact
works across a wide range of geographic markets and business sectors
is a major provider of risk management and protection to governments and major corporate customers around the world
is an expert in all aspects of local and international secure logistics
Other facts about G4S
+has operations in over 110 countries
+was formed in 2004 from the merger between Securicor plc and Group 4 Falck A/S’s security business
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Vision & ValuesThe Group has a clear corporate vision and a strong set of values which ensure that everyone is clear about the strategy of the organisation and their role in its delivery:Each value has a senior executive "owner" within the organisation, responsible for driving through its implementation.
Our vision
To be recognised as the global leader in providing security solutions
Recognised: our stakeholders know the organisation well and respect its position as a leader in its field.
Global Leader: the largest security company in the world, which delivers the highest quality services in the fields of security services, cash services and justice services, and achieves the best financial returns in the industry.
Security Solutions: we take time to get close to our customers to ensure that we understand their security needs - our skill is in providing solutions to their needs which deliver business benefits for them.
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The PDF file which includes the 2007 accounts found here states:
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USA
• Protection of US defence facilities
• Support to the US military
• US embassy security in 39 countries
• Fire fighting for US armed forces in Iraq
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Also listed as protecting the Kazakhstan oil pipeline, and various EU and NATO buildings. Ok, after having a quick read through, they are trying to expand quickly into the US, and they have ties (mostly in Europe at the moment) to the banks, the police, the prison services and the courts.
They also have ties to Iraq - so the contracting picture becomes a little clearer.
They are responsible for "cash integrity" which I believe means checking for forgeries.
Through their ties to NATO, I assume they have made US contacts, and that these contacts are helping them expand in the US, which will also mean that will have even closer ties to the banks etc.
Currently, (2007) the US is 25% of their business and they are also moving away from their core business of security services into cash services (bank vans, delivering cash etc) where last year it was cash 22% and security 78% in 2996 it was cash 21% security 79%, but that's mainly in Europe.
With the continued expansion into the US markets (and I expect this to be quite rapid in business terms) they will look to achieve a balance between the 2 core services.
This is a big company with a lot of contacts, a lot of inside information, and a history of screwing up and hiring thugs.
So, whether they are going to take charge of the gitmo prisoners, or if they are there for some other purpose, my belief is that you wouldn't want these guys in charge of anything.
Same as other contractors in Iraq, they look to be pretty ruthless, and not above botching the job or over chraging for services.
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December 2008/January 2009 - CER BULLETIN, ISSUE 63 The economic crisis offers unprecedented opportunities for reforming global rules and institutions. Furthermore, the Obama presidency - which Europeans expect to be less unilateralist than that of George W Bush - will give the EU a chance to work with the US in tackling a host of international problems. But the EU may prove incapable of rising to either challenge. It may not be able to agree on a convincing set of proposals on global governance. And if Obama finds the EU ineffective - for example, unable to provide more troops for Afghanistan or to speak with one voice on Russia - he will not treat it as a serious partner.
Over the past ten years, the relative shift of power from the West to Asia has been obvious. But it is less clear whether the emerging multipolar world will be multilateral, with a strong role for international institutions, or one based on the balance of power where 'might is right'.
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No government can tackle problems like terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration alone. In an increasingly borderless world, European governments are using EU co-operation to better manage immigration, asylum, border controls and crime.
Exchange www.g4s.com... and i concur you probably have your own dhs. a point i am attempting to make is g4s would probably do the hauling of us citizens to consentration camps as well as a few over there where you are to camps.
• G4S is the largest employer listed on the London Stock Exchange
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G4S was formed from the merger between Securicor plc and Group 4 Falck A/S’s security business, which completed in July 2004.
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USA
• Protection of US defence facilities
• Support to the US military
• US embassy security in 39 countries
• Fire fighting for US armed forces in Iraq
A new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives called the National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645. This bill if passed into law will direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers otherwise known as FEMA camp facilities on military installations. This is an incredibly disturbing piece of legislation considering that the powers that be have already set in motion an agenda to setup a nationwide marital law apparatus through U.S. Northern Command and the Department of Homeland Security. Apparently, the fusion centers, militarized police, surveillance cameras and a domestic military command is not enough. Even though we already know that detention facilities are already in place, they now want to legalize the construction of FEMA camps on military installations using the ever popular excuse that the facilities are for the purposes of a national emergency.