8-893: Wilson Security is an Australian private security company . It was started in 2000 in Melbourne. In 2014 it acquired the security contracts of ISS A/S Security in Australia and First Security Business in New Zealand . Wilson Security is a part of the Wilson Group which is owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties , the corporation of the Hong Kong–based Kwok family, one of the richest families in Asia, currently run by Raymond Kwok (previously also run by Thomas Kwok until he resigned after being found guilty of corruption). In 2015 it
16-470: Is rapidly growing – currently there are 2 million full-time security workers in the United States and this number is expected to increase by 21% percent through 2020, making the security industry a $ 100 billion a year industry, with projected growth to $ 200 billion by 2010. The United States is the world's largest consumer of private military and security services, and the private security industry in
24-500: The National Gallery of Victoria dropped its contract with Wilson Security due to protests by artists over Wilson Security's role on Manus and Nauru. This article about an Australian corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Private security company A private security company is a business entity which provides armed or unarmed security services and expertise to clients in
32-682: The Australian Parliament, and covering up malpractice at the Nauru Centre. They also claimed that a spying operation against Senator Sarah Hanson-Young which was first revealed in June 2015, was more extensive than Wilson Security or Broadspectrum/Transfield had admitted. In March 2017, two Australian employees of Wilson Security were deported to Australia by the Government of Nauru , for unspecified reasons. In February 2018,
40-421: The U.S. began seeing a huge increase in demand in 2010. Since then, the U.S. security industry has already grown to be a $ 350 billion market. Employees of private security companies are generally referred to either as " security guards " or "security officers", depending on the laws of the state or country they operate in. Security companies themselves are sometimes referred to as "security contractors", but this
48-557: The prevention of unauthorized activity or entry, traffic regulation, access control, and fire and theft prevention and detection. These services can be broadly described as the protection of personnel and/or assets. Other security services such as roving patrol, bodyguard, and guard dog services are also included, but are a very small portion of the industry. During the COVID-19 pandemic , some security companies engaged in vaccine supply chain services as well. The private security industry
56-415: The private or public sectors. Private security companies are defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as companies primarily engaged in providing guard and patrol services, such as bodyguard, guard dog, parking security and security guard services. Many of them will even provide advanced special operations services if the client demands it. Examples of services provided by these companies include
64-613: Was a subcontractor of Broadspectrum at Australian offshore detention facilities (the others being managed by Serco at the time). At the time, Wilson had been working on Nauru since late 2012, and on Manus Island since February 2014. In August 2015, two former Wilson Security guards spoke out against the company in an interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's The 7.30 Report . They, among others, accused Wilson Security and Broadspectrum /Transfield of providing misleading information to
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