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Ironside Associates Ltd. ensures that we are always up-to-date with global issues relating to our field of expertise. Keeping one ear to the ground helps our security consultancy and its operatives to remain one step ahead.

We share some of the most current stories on investigation and surveillance, VIP close protection, residential, corporate and personal security here, for your interest. In doing so Ironside also provides our clientele with a reliable source of international security news.

If you like to stay informed about the latest news on private investigation, executive protection and security, you can visit this page for regular updates.

Latest News

Investigation & Surveillance
November 7, 2011

Cybercrime is now one of the worlds fastest growing criminal activities

Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to have said that Cybercrime is costing the UK economy a staggering £27bn per year.  He spoke at a summit in London where he announced that tackling Cybercrime is top priority, ‘It costs just …
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Maritime Security
November 1, 2011

Greek-owned chemical tanker Liquid Velvet hijacked by Somali pirates

Somali pirates have hijacked a Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker, MT Liquid Velvet inside the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden. MT Liquid Velvet was seized on Monday 31 October inside the IRTC, Gulf of Aden, which …
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Maritime Security
October 31, 2011

UK Prime Minister authorises ships sailing under the British Flag to protect themselves from Pirates in a bid to help combat the risk to shipping off the coast of Somalia.

In a formal statement this weekend, Prime Minister David Cameron has given permission for British merchant vessels to carry armed guards to protect themselves from pirate attacks. It has also been reported by the Government that ships, which carried armed …
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Local News
October 29, 2011

Myleene Klass marries her former bodyguard in Norwich.

Myleene Klass announced that she had just wed by tweeting ‘Just married’ on her Twitter site.  She had a private intimate wedding held in Norwich with her lone term partner Graham Quinn.  Her father a former Austrian naval diver was …
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VIP Close Protection
October 27, 2011

Men deny alleged plot to murder singer Joss Stone

Two men appeared in Exeter Crown Court charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to murder singer Joss Stone. The two men from Manchester were named Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw.  Both are …
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