Topic: ArmorGroup International plc
A British security guard accused of killing two colleagues in the Iraqi capital's Green Zone has insisted at his trial that he acted in self-defence during an alcohol-fuelled brawl.Danny Fitzsimons told Karkh criminal court in west Baghdad on Sunday that ...
State Department to end ArmorGroup contract after allegations of sexual misconduct by guardsThe State Department is cutting ties with the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan following an investigation of allegations that guards engaged in lewd behavior and sexual ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct and sexual hazing.State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on ...
Corporate official told in July 2008 of alleged misconduct by US embassy guards, attorneys sayA top executive of the private security contractor hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was informed in July 2008 of alleged illegal and immoral conduct ...
State Department criticized for failing to keep close eye on ArmorGroup guards in AfghanistanPhotos showing private security guards in various stages of nudity at drunken parties may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department will review its use of private contractors at overseas embassies after a scandal over sexual hazing by security guards at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, an official said on Monday.Secretary of State Hillary ...
Former managers says ArmorGroup lowballed bid, cut corners on embassy security in AfghanistanFormer managers for the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said Thursday the company lowballed its bid for the work and then outfitted a badly understaffed guard ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sixteen private guards have been removed from the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan in a scandal over sexual hazing and lewd behavior, the State Department said on Thursday as the security contractor faced new allegations of misconduct.A federal whistle-blower ...
US Embassy in Afghanistan says it fires 8 contractor guards involved in lewd conduct scandalEight security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan were fired and two resigned following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.The ...
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan said on Friday it had fired security guards who were photographed engaging in lewd acts at alcohol-fueled parties.In a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a group called ...
