The European External Action Service is due to whittle down to a final three the seven companies that qualified to build and protect a new EU compound in Mogadishu. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 25/02/2015

BlueForce to train police

The US Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and [...]

Corporate Intelligence 28/01/2015

Seven shortlisted for EU compound

According to information obtained by Intelligence Online, seven companies have been shortlisted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) to [...]

14/01/2015

Polaris secures prospects in Mogadishu

Polaris Business Intelligence and Investigations (PBI2) is looking to beef up its activities in Somalia, its principal territory, before international organisations pour in. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 16/07/2014

G4S, pioneer in Mogadishu

Anglo-Danish giant G4S has entered the much sought-after private security market in Somalia (IOL 700). According to our sources, the [...]

Government Intelligence 04/07/2012

"Nestor" v Somali pirates

After meeting with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton last week, retired admiral Jacques Launay now only requires the Council of [...]

Corporate Intelligence 04/07/2012

Imbroglio among pirate chasers in Somalia

The United Arab Emirates has suddenly stopped financing a unit from Puntland’s coast guard supervised by the firm SCS. Other operators could take its place. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 09/05/2012

Sterling struggles in Puntland

Founded to train and supervise the Puntland coastguard service, Sterling Corporate Services has run into a series of difficulties. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 21/03/2012

Sterling helps Puntland hunt pirates

The Dubai-based Sterling Corporate Services has relaunched the Somalian coastguard training programme that was halted by the UN last year. [...]

Government Intelligence 25/01/2012

Keeping an eye on pirates

A report from Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee [...]

Corporate Intelligence 11/01/2012

Mystery anti-piracy program

Stephen Heifetz, a lawyer with Steptoe & Johnson, has signed [...]

Corporate Intelligence 01/06/2011

Ransom business under threat Free

The kidnapping in Mogadiscio on May 24 of six consultants who were there to hand over a $3.6 million ransom [...]

Corporate Intelligence 30/03/2011

Saracen

Saracen, the British-South African private security firm which began training [...]

02/03/2011

CEP, shipping companies' private escort

A fleet of 18 armed vessels operated by the company Convoy Escort Program will accompany a quarter of the commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden by the middle of this year. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 15/12/2010

Recruiting naval commandos

The protection of merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia provides significant employment opportunities to former French servicemen who trained [...]

15/12/2010

Saracen’s troops in Gulf of Aden

Instead of protecting cargo vessels from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the British firm Saracen International is training Somalian coast guards to do the job. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 21/04/2010

Privateers against Somali pirates

Several private security firms are trying to re-establish the letter of marque system, which would allow privateers to combat pirates. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 21/04/2010

Biometrics for pirates

In charge of patrolling the Gulf of Aden, the European Naval Force EUNAVFOR wants to have biometric tools to be [...]

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