Given the unstable local political situation. Countries visited included Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
The security review encompassed:

• Executive residences
• Assessment of contracted guard forces and operating procedures and practices
• Completion and production of new standard operating procedures
• Review and revision of local crisis management and evacuation plans
• Drafting of relevant business continuity plan
• Advising on relevant external and internal political and economic threats

Upon completion of the assignment the client adopted all recommendations given by Linx International and withdrew all operational staff from one country. Production was outsourced to local providers, thereby negating risk to employees and retaining brand presence in that country.

Upon the recommendation of the company’s lawyers Linx International were consulted. Linx International provided a team of Close Protection specialists to safeguard and advise the VP and his family. Linx International was subsequently instrumental in identifying the main protagonists. Following a series of high-level cross border negotiations involving a combination of financial, political and legal contacts, Linx International successfully facilitated a settlement between the victim company and the foreign nationals linked to the murder.

• Physical security measures
• Guard force and access points to the site
• Crisis management
• Logistics
• Adoption of standard operating procedures
• Risk management
• Roles and responsibilities of security and facility management

The security review highlighted various points and implementation of various recommendations produced positive effects:

• Parents security concerns were allayed
• Access control & perimeter security, particularly out of hours, was considerably improved
• Additional precautions were adopted for excursions and extra-curricular activities
• Security awareness was heightened throughout the institution
• Clear reporting lines during an incident were established

Linx International was contracted to undertake a detailed review of buildings security. Linx International’s recommendations for security hardware included the installation of digital CCTV, infrared lighting and alarm systems. Linx International prepared a tender process and subsequently negotiated a 30% saving on operating and maintenance costs from selected independent suppliers. The estate has been free of crime since the implementation of our recommendations.

In a classic ‘sting’ operation Linx International uncovered the true extent of the former employees’ activities and their intent to compete against their former employer. It was established that the two former employees had formed a company in their respective wives maiden names and for several months they had systematically stolen design and sales data from their employer. They had clearly breached the terms of their contract and had obtained funding and assistance for their new enterprise from the plastics supplier to manufacture equipment based on the stolen designs, which they had slightly modified. Their plan was to manufacture a range of products in direct competition with their former employers.

The evidence obtained by Linx International enabled the client to swiftly seek the appropriate protections through the Courts and minimise the potentially serious impact to its business. The matter concluded with substantial damages awarded to our client and judgements against the two offending former employees and the subsequent collapse of their new business venture.

The investigation also revealed a number of other crime and malpractice issues and produced evidence of widespread drug abuse, theft, fraudulent payments to suppliers, forged heavy plant competency permits and other serious breaches in Health & Safety regulations. As a result, in excess of thirty employees were dismissed without any redress and the company avoided the risk of prosecution by statutory bodies.

At the conclusion of this project the client company contracted Linx International to provide Drug Awareness Training to its middle and senior site management.

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Linx International was instructed via the client’s lawyers to investigate. It was soon established that the problem was far more widespread than originally first thought. Linx International established the offending company was a 24-hour operation conducting successful information raids against many well known but unsuspecting companies. The targeted companies were mainly located in Europe, Australia and the USA – without exception the targetted organisations, including banks,  were household names.

The offending company sold the illicitly obtained information to a leading US manufacturer of IT products which paid a seven figure sum in fees over a twelve month period. Litigation followed, court orders obtained and premises were searched. The matter was finally concluded with a substantial out of court settlement in favour of our client, who has since contracted Linx International to provide appropriate training to its entire secretarial and communications staff.

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