New study notes rise of private security firms in Haiti since quake

The Associated Press

Trenton Daniel
July 9, 2012

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti has seen a demand for private security companies grow since the 2010 earthquake and those same firms are training more agents to keep up with the boom, a Canadian think-tank announced Monday in a new report.

The study by the Centre for International Governance Innovation notes that the growing demand coincides with a "subsequent spike in international engagement" — a reference to the foreign groups that arrived in the country in the aftermath of the January 2010 quake.

Haiti's market for private security is likely to grow at least as rapidly as the global rate of …

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