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CoinDesk
October 1, 2015
Says Smith, a fintech specialist with a 20 year history designing and managing global risk strategies for some of the world's most prominent commodity trading companies. “First Global Credit is one of the earliest, though certainly not the only company that has entered the digital currency market to developÃâà...
Sowetan
February 16, 2011
According to reports, Iraq at the time was fertile ground for private security firms employing thousands of foot soldiers to guard officials, oil wells, government buildings and banks. Omega was a player here with such private security companies as Halliburton, DynCorp, Global Risk Strategies, Edinburgh RiskÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2009
His original firm, Global Risk Strategies, was founded in 1998. According to his own marketing material, he has grown it from a "small office in south London" into "one of the world's leading providers of defence and security" operating in 20 countries and working for big corporates and governments.
World Socialist Web Site
June 24, 2006
The first security company in Fiji, the British firm Global Risks Strategies, arrived soon after the Iraq war started in 2003 with the intention of recruiting over 500 personnel. Head of Global Risk Strategies' Fiji operations, Lieutenant Colonel Sakiusa Raivoce, said desperation for employment and better payÃâà...
CorpWatch.org
April 29, 2005
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad acknowledged in early April that Iraq is specifically withholding payments from four companies -- A.P. Moeller-Maersk, Global Risk Strategies, Raytheon and Olive Security -- but sources at the Pentagon and former CPA officials believe that there are many more contractorsÃâà...
BBC News
July 1, 2004
He was working for London-based security firm Global Risk Strategies. A confirmed spokeswoman confirmed that Mr Davies had died following an ambush. She said: "We have informed Mr Davies' family and would appreciate the maintenance of the family's privacy in order for them to grieve their loss.".
World Socialist Web Site
May 4, 2004
The British-based Global Risk Strategies is using a far cheaper source for its 1,500-strong private army, which is protecting CPA buildings and other high profile facilities. The company hired over 500 Fijian soldiers and a similar number of Nepalese, who had served in the British Army's Gurkha regiments,Ãâà...
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