Camp David: Ideal Security for G8 Meeting

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Wellesley Consulting Services

Detail of Camp David double fenceline as seen by satellite, showing roads along both inside and outside of the compound, and a "sanitary" zone surrounding the fences (Google Maps)

Last March, the G8 meeting was moved out of Chicago to the U.S. Presidential compound at Camp David.

Located in the remote hills of northern Maryland, Camp David is an ideal location for a meeting of world leaders, chiefly for its ample security measures.

The expansive grounds house multiple residences and sufficient facilities for support and security personnel, including large barracks, a helipad, and power generators. Continue reading →

ACFE Releases 2012 Fraud Report

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Wellesley Consulting Services

ACFE Report 2012 The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, a U.S.-based organization that offers widely recognized professional certification for those involved in fighting fraud, has recently released its bi-annual Report to the Nations for 2012, a comprehensive study of fraud around the world.

In the report, some of the key findings made by the ACFE include the typical cost to an organization that suffers fraud is about 5% of revenue, totalling US$3.5 trillion world-wide. Continue reading →

Walking the Minefield: Security Industry Still Populated With Hazards

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Wellesley Consulting Services

: An SNC Lavalin building in Etobicoke on May 4, 2012. A rogue security contractor may have contributed to its recent rash of problems. (Wellesley Consulting Services)

As Canadian engineering giant SNC Lavalin has discovered since last year, choosing the wrong security provider may be disasterous to a company’s reputation and bottom line.

The company was caught with its pants down in a scandal that is still reverberating through the Montreal-based company’s shareholder meetings to the present.
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Toronto Private Investigator/G20 “Hacktivist” Acquitted of Bomb Charges

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Wellesley Consulting Services

: The G20 security “blanket” which included numerous CCTV installations, resulted in the arrest of Byron Sonne, acquitted today of explosives charges (Toronto Police Service photo)

Byron Sonne, who was arrested in 2010 in the weeks leading up to the Toronto G20 summit has been found not guilty of five charges, including counselling mischief and possessing explosives, according to media reports.

Prior to his trial, Sonne spent 11 months in jail before finally being granted bail. Continue reading →

Charged Ontario Security Company Gets Low Grades From Online Reviews

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Wellesley Consulting Services

: FEDSEC is a Toronto-based security company that was charged, along with two of its directors, including Harry Peckham seen here, in February 2012 in an OPP security licencing investigation. The company has numerous complaints from people claiming to be former employees. (Photo: Harry Peckham (Fedsec) flickr photostream)

The private security industry in Canada is a collection of a few very large industry players, such as Canada’s own Garda, and multinationals like G4S and Securicor, along with a multitude of smaller regional players.

In February, one such Toronto-area company, FEDSEC, operating as Federal Security Agency, was slapped by the OPP with 47 charges under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act relating to employing unlicenced guards following an effort to expand to a new market in Sudbury at Health Sciences North hospital. Continue reading →