One of Australia’s largest security companies owned by two Hong Kong billionaires has contracts to protect the Australian Tax Office, Defence Department and Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Wilson Security’s involvement with Australian Government goes back to at least July 2012 when the two billionaire brothers, Thomas and Raymond Kwok, directors of the company, were charged with bribing a Hong Kong government official in a case that shook the Hong Kong establishment.
According to an ABC report leaked documents have revealed that two brothers embroiled in a massive Hong Kong corruption scandal were ultimately in control of an Australian security company that earned roughly half a billion dollars in lucrative government contracts.
Soon after their arrest, the leaked documents, obtained by the ABC’s Four Corners, show the brothers covertly remained directors of the offshore company that ultimately controls Wilson’s operations in Australia — Wilson Offshore Group Holdings (BVI) Limited.
Six months prior to Thomas Kwok’s bribery conviction, in December 2014, Wilson Security was engaged in a tender process for a Defence contract.
In a statement to the ABC, the Department of Defence said “a negotiation process was entered into with Wilson Security Pty Ltd over the period January to June 2014. Wilson Security Pty Ltd did not disclose any bribery offence relating to its directors during this process”.
Since the arrest of the Kwok brothers in July 2012, Wilson Security secured a sub-contract to provide garrison services for Australia’s offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island as well as various other contracts with Defence, The Australian Tax Office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
While the AFP is responsible for personal protection, Wilson Security does currently hold separate government contracts for other security services, including:
- Providing general security guard services for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s facilities, a contract running from July 2021 to June 2026.
- Providing security services for various Australian Department of Defence sites across several states and territories, including in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and South NSW.
https://www.wilsonsecurity.com.au
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