Triple Canopy
Directors: Tom Katis, Matt man, Ignacio Balderas, James V. Kimsey
Triple Canopy is a US-based private security and military companies, which is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. Also, there are offices in Abu Dhabi and Nigeria. It is a member of various groups representing private security and military industry, including the International Peace Operations Association ( IPOA ) and the Private Security Company Association of Iraq ( PSCAI )
History
In 2003, the three Delta Force veteran, Thomas Katis, Matthew Mann and John Peters founded the company Triple Canopy in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
A year later ( early 2004 ) the company got a contract for a period of 6 months worth 90 million U.S. dollars. In this treaty it was agreed that Triple Canopy protects 13 offices of the Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq). On the night of 6 to 7 April of the same year, there was fighting between insurgents and private security and military companies in Iraq. In these battles also employees of Triple Canopy were involved. A few months later, on July 8, fired employees of Triple Canopy, who worked in a subcontract for KBR, on civilians, said a taxi driver was killed. This led in July 2006 in the United States with judicial proceedings, the Fairfax County Court of Appeals.
In 2005 ( June 21 ) it was announced that they will relocate the Firmenhauptquatier of Lincolnshire to Herndon. In September, four employees were on a mission for the U.S. State Department in Basra killed. On November 4, it was announced that Triple Canopy contract to defend the Green Zone from the Global Strategies Group, which has lost him briefly before takes over.
On 15 June 2007 announced Triple Canopy, that it has acquired the firm Clayton Consultants Inc.. Clayton Consultants is a company in crisis management (eg kidnapping ) is active.
Subsidiaries
Triple Canopy has several, more or less official, subsidiaries or sham companies to recruit staff especially in South America.
- Defion Internacional - based in San Miguel, Mexico. The company is on your home page that she seeks, among other security personnel for the Middle East (Iraq ), to meet large orders.
- TCLA International - based in Peru.
Fields of activity
It offered a variety of services, including training in law enforcement and nuclear safety. It also offers risk analysis and crisis management. In addition to the available position of staff for surveillance of nuclear facilities, Triple Canopy offers this service also for chemical and maritime facilities.
Triple Canopy can according to own statement within 3 days, a team of more than 200 men under arms, have ready for use in Iraq.