# Wilson Security

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{{Short description|Australian private security company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

'''Wilson Security''' is an Australian [private security company](/source/private_security_company). It was started in 2000 in Melbourne. In 2014 it acquired the security contracts of [ISS A/S](/source/ISS_A%2FS) Security in Australia and First Security Business in [New Zealand](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Raymond_Kwok) (previously also run by [Thomas Kwok](/source/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](/source/Broadspectrum) at Australian offshore detention facilities (the others being managed by [Serco](/source/Serco) at the time). At the time, Wilson had been working on [Nauru](/source/Nauru_Regional_Processing_Centre) since late 2012, and on [Manus Island](/source/Manus_Regional_Processing_Centre) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/ABC_News_(Australia))|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>

==References==
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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

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