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Saudi Arabia, UK sign one-stop airport security deal

Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom have signed a landmark aviation security agreement that…

German Police, Airport officials call for security review

German police and airport officials have called for a review of how security checks are handled at…

Zambia resurrects controversial project to install CCTV cameras on Lusaka streets

Government of Zambia has started receiving fresh bids for the installation of Closed Circuit…

TSA reports that nearly $1 million was left in US airports in 2018

Travelers passing through American airports left nearly a million dollars behind in loose change last year, the Transportation…

G4S partners with Canadian Mounties in counter-terror programme

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has opened up its counter terrorism workshop to the security industry. G4S in Canada was…

San Francisco considers banning facial recognition systems

San Francisco is deliberating on whether to ban municipally operated facial recognition software. If it did so, the city would…

More quick response teams to boost anti-terror security in Singapore

More police officers in beige berets will be patrolling popular areas such as Orchard Road and Marina Bay, in another boost for…

US Homeland Security launch new Detroit task force to enhance national security

In an effort to mitigate vulnerabilities within the commerce stream that threaten the nations consumers and to enhance national…

Australian budget to give security agencies $570m in extra funding

Australias counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence operations will get a funding injection of more than half a billion dollars…

Malaysian PM hails role of Private Security Industry

Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed that the private security services industry played an important…

Australia pledges $39m to improve security at religious sites

Australia will spend millions of dollars on improving security at places of worship after the mass shooting at two mosques in New…

Record number of guns discovered at US airport security checkpoints

New TSA data shows a record number of firearms were discovered at airport checkpoints last year. More than 4,200 guns were found…

Screeners shortage puts US airport security in jeopardy

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has called up national deployment officers to operate checkpoints as a…

Cape Town gives Safety and Security Directorate an extra R165m

Additional funding for the City of Cape Towns Safety and Security Directorate has become available through the adjustments budget…

Dutch police can access 200,000 private security cameras, campaign for more

Some 40,000 private security cameras have been added to the police surveillance network since September 2017, taking the total…