Wilson Security

'''Wilson Security''' is an Australian private security company. It was started in 2000 in Melbourne. In 2014 it acquired the security contracts of ISS A/S Security in Australia and First Security Business in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.au.issworld.com/en-AU/news/news/2014/01/08/acquisition-of-iss-commercial-security ISS Divests Commercial Security Business to Wilson Security 8 January, 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305110924/http://www.au.issworld.com/en-AU/news/news/2014/01/08/acquisition-of-iss-commercial-security |date=5 March 2016 }} ISS Australia Retrieved 14 October 2015</ref> Wilson Security is a part of the Wilson Group which is owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties, the corporation of the Hong Kong–based Kwok family, one of the richest families in Asia, currently run by Raymond Kwok (previously also run by Thomas Kwok until he resigned after being found guilty of corruption).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wilsongroupau.com/Pages/default.aspx |title=Wilson Group |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112061632/http://www.wilsongroupau.com/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/australian-company-wilson-linked-to-hong-kong-corruption-scandal/7291178 | title=Australian company Wilson linked to Hong Kong corruption scandal | newspaper=ABC News | date=4 April 2016 }}</ref>

In 2015 it was a subcontractor of Broadspectrum at Australian offshore detention facilities (the others being managed by Serco at the time). At the time, Wilson had been working on Nauru since late 2012, and on Manus Island since February 2014.<ref>[https://www.wilsonsecurity.com.au/ourexperience/Documents/Nauru%20and%20Manus%20Island%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Wilson Security Nauru and Manus Island Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708220931/https://www.wilsonsecurity.com.au/ourexperience/Documents/Nauru%20and%20Manus%20Island%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |date=8 July 2018 }} Retrieved 24 October 2015</ref> In 2015, Wilson Security and Broadspectrum/Transfield were accused of providing misleading information to the Australian Parliament, and covering up malpractice at the Nauru Centre and the extent of a spying operation against Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-13/former-nauru-guards-speak-out-about-wilson-security/6694014|title=Former Nauru guards speak out against Wilson Security over spying on Sarah Hanson-Young, cover-ups and abuse|last=Main|first=Lisa|website=ABC News|date=14 August 2015|accessdate=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726180446/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-13/former-nauru-guards-speak-out-about-wilson-security/6694014|archive-date=26 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{official|http://www.wilsonsecurity.com.au/Pages/Home.aspx}} *[https://namviet.it/ Nam Viet IT Website] *[https://www.uspasecurity.com/ USPA Nationwide Security]

Category:Companies based in Melbourne Category:Australian companies established in 2014 Category:Security companies of Australia Category:Service companies of Australia