Home Secretary Sajid Javid joined his counterparts from the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France and Italy this week as interior ministers met at the G7 Summit in Paris to discuss global security issues. Javid called for a more co-ordinated approach to combat shared threats, emphasising…
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38th International East-West Security Conference features “intensive” two days of presentations
by Brian SimsThe 38th International East-West Security Conference organised by Capricorn Conferences and Exhibitions was held on 5-6 November at the Hotel West End on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Delegates representing private and public sector organisations from the Russian Federation and the Ukraine participated in…
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BSI Human Trafficking and Supply Chain Slavery Index reveals UK exposed to increased risk of modern day slavery
by Brian SimsAccording to the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) Index, Russia, Slovakia, India and Pakistan are all ‘severe risk’ source countries of ‘modern day slaves’ to the UK. Of the G7 nations, Italy is identified as a ‘high risk’ country partly due to the conflict in Syria.…
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Attending the 34th East-West International Security Conference that ran at the Best Western Universo Hotel in Rome on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 November were delegates from the Russian Federation, the Ukraine and Albania representing commercial, private and public sector organisations. Conference co-chairman Patrick Somerville, vice-president…
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Specialist policing teams actively support Europe’s biggest-ever disaster training exercise
by Brian SimsSpecialist police teams from across the UK are taking part in Europe’s biggest-ever disaster training exercise, which begins on Monday 29 February. Exercise Unified Response – which is part-funded by the European Commission and co-ordinated by the London Fire Brigade on behalf of the London Resilience Partnership – will see…
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European Commission study confirms “promising era of growth” for UK’s security business sector
by Brian SimsA study* wholly focused around the development of statistical data on the European security technological and industrial base has shown that the UK’s security sector finds itself in “a promising era of growth”. The study, which was commissioned by the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate for Migration and…
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New research has shown that Eurozone banks are as vulnerable to failing today as they were in the run-up to the 2008 global economic crash and subsequent recession. In the first study to compare sources of systemic risk in Eurozone banks, economists found banks in southern countries –…
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Publication of the first extensive and in-depth Situation Report on Counterfeiting in the European Union (EU) is the direct result of a joint project carried out by EU agencies Europol and the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual…