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The European Parliament cut ties with the private security giant G4S in 2011 over alleged abuses in Israel. Today, they guard the parliament's main entrance (Photo: EUobserver)

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G4S: the EU's preferred security contractor

Almost a decade has gone by since the European Parliament cut ties with the world's largest security provider, the British multinational security services company G4S.

MEPs at the time were upset G4S had run prisons and interrogation centres in Israel, where Palestinians were reportedly being tortured.

A few years later, the MEPs in a letter demanded the European Commission and...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The European Parliament cut ties with the private security giant G4S in 2011 over alleged abuses in Israel. Today, they guard the parliament's main entrance (Photo: EUobserver)

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Author Bio

Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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