In hundreds of attacks in Iraq on contract employees, several dozen personnel have been killed or wounded, U.S. officials and contractors estimate. –L.A. Times December 28, 2003

Vance Iraq is part of Vance International which provides business intelligence, investigations and security services across Europe, Middle East & Africa from its London office. Globally Vance, founded over twenty years ago, employs more than 3,700 people and is owned by Garda.

Vance Iraq is registered with the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad and has the requisite Iraq Security Operating License.

Regional Experience

Vance Iraq has managed the security of client projects throughout Iraq since 2003. Current taskings include protecting a multi-task telecommunications project for a major European engineering company, providing executive protection for a US consulting company and securing multiple worksites for an international power company.

We are specialists in the North of Iraq and have offices throughout, such as Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, along with a representative Baghdad presence.

Our international security officers have Special Forces backgrounds and our local security are trained extensively at our dedicated training facility. We ensure that our personnel carry out a number of Close Protection and Static Security courses. Currently we have over 350 security personnel deployed, who speak a range of local and international languages.

Services

Our resources allow for a tailored solution which is aligned to the client requirements. Working with a calculated balance of expatriate and local staff trained by ourselves we adopt a low profile and considered approach. Our established links to both multi-national military forces and local security services, combined with assessments from Vance Iraq intelligence reporting, helps us to react to changes in the security environment and counter the threat.

We advise clients on how to plan, secure and prepare their projects and personnel for Iraq. We meet them at their entry point into the country and provide 24 hour protection and service to them. We ensure that our operational, project management and logistical expertise enables clients to conduct their work knowing that not only are the risks to their security minimized, but so are the costs of disproportionate security or implementation delays.

Vance Iraq is committed to Iraq for the long term. Consequently, we strive to provide effective solutions for reducing commercial and security risks in an ever changing environment.