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Canadian company GardaWorld built Alligator Auschwitz (www.tampabay.com)

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Here are the contractors who helped build Alligator Alcatraz

The other state contractors include Deployed Resources LLC, the port-a-potty company Doodie Calls, GardaWorld, Garner Environmental Services, Gothams LLC, Granny’s Alliance, Longview International Technological Solutions and SLS-WSP JV.

GardaWorld Cash, one of several companies affiliated with GardaWorld — one of the world’s largest security services companies, according to its website — gave $5,000 to DeSantis’ Empower Parents political action committee in 2018. The political organization, which went by Friends of Ron DeSantis at the time, was created to support DeSantis’ first bid for governor.

GardaWorld has also been eyed for Florida’s immigration agenda before — it was one of the vendors picked by the state to fly migrants out of Florida. A representative from GardaWorld did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday evening.

It wasn't clear to me where Canada comes in or what the ownership is, but clicking over to About GardaWorld it is clarified.

After identifying an opportunity to consolidate the fragmented private security industry, Stephan Crétier founded GardaWorld (then Trans-Quebec Security Inc.) in 1995 with a $25,000 investment derived from a second mortgage on his home. Only a few years later, the company was making $40 million annually in revenue. Over the past 30 years, he has built one of the world’s largest security services companies organically and through strategic M&A.

Mr. Crétier remains a highly-driven and engaged entrepreneur leading a strong bench of exceptionally talented and empowered managers. GardaWorld differentiates itself through a unique performance-based culture with strict accountability for operational performance. The company adheres to a deep ownership mentality with Mr. Crétier and management holding a majority equity ownership stake in the business, which is now valued at C$14 billion.

Scroll down to read their "timeline". Each item has the feeling of being immense crimes.

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[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 79 points 1 month ago

That timeline is horrifying, as is their LinkedIn feed. They seem to position themselves as a private militia for corporate interests. If the Canadian government had any spine whatsoever they would seize all of their assets immediately.

[-] dickalan@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

I’m a security guard and I just saw advertisements for their Florida location on indeed here in Texas

[-] faxed@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

It appears that they are operating in the open without any effort to obscure. I don't know this world enough to make any specific allegations, but the amount of death and suffering summarized there must be massive. You and I are just learning of it now but it is surely known to those in power. This website isn't even putting any kind of "human rights" gloss on it.

Seem like corporate espionage, mercenaries, money laundering and similar. I also saw Crétier described as a "philanthropist" so likely influence peddling as well. One thing he does is BOLO a free-of-charge service to raise awareness about a dozen or 2 criminal nationwide like putting their faces on a track.

If you have the stomach you could try listening to this Business Council of Canada Podcast interview with Stephan Crétier. From the bad quality transcript I guess it's mostly about the fluffy end of things: pervasive mass surveillance and gangstalking.

Well, I think the answer is yes. It’s funny because when cameras started, all the systems of camera, I remember sitting with investors at that time. It was growing. I’ve always been looking for money. That’s for sure. So I’ve always been in front of investors. People are saying, “Your business won’t exist. For three guards, we’ll put a camera and a guard.” The problem is the more you put a camera the more you see things. The more you see things the more you need people to get involved. That’s been the reaction. You look at the growth of the security industry, the people side of the business. Since cameras have been there, it’s unbelievable. The growth is there.

what we’ve done is we worked with a lab in Montreal to develop I would call a kind of technology that is able to amplify events when you’re looking for someone, when they decide to put a focus on someone. We’ve developed a system that puts a lot of pressure on the person using social media. We’ve been very successful. We’ve done on the first year seven cases. We’ve caught one person that was wanted for 15 years. The objective is not necessarily to catch more people, but it’s to get people to realize on the long term that the world might be safe, but if everyone was doing their job of being on the lookout, the world would be a safer place.

[-] carotte 13 points 4 weeks ago

with the liberals trying to pass shit like bill C-2, frankly, i wouldn’t be surprised if they started to subsidize gardaworld instead

[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 weeks ago

I genuinely get the feeling Carney is way more of an authoritarian than most people think. Huge fan of hierarchy, that guy

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 weeks ago

Me neither with Carney tucking tail and sucking orange rapists dick on the digital tax thing. To me the liberals and conservatives are no different any more. I will never vote for either again) not that I ever voted conservative).

[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago

Huh, so apparently the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is paying GardaWorld around half a billion dollars per year to do security screenings in over half of our airports.

And guess what, they have a lot of complaints against them from both passengers and their own employees, per this article from Sept 2024:

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2102228/air-travellers-complained-about-unprofessional-screening-staff-now-the-officers-are-speaking-up

Feel like we should push for the cancellation of this

[-] dickalan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

You mean fellow humans, I’ll let this denigration of political beliefs slide this time

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 4 weeks ago

War has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies or ethnicity.

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’m beginning think all 1st worlds are a threat to humanity and that it’s naive to think they would ever stop. We are the product, we are the cattle.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

Someday there will be Wolfenstein levels modeled after this.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Guten tag.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago

He can't even get the concentration camps made in the USA. What a fucking grifter.

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I really hope GardaWorld has all GoC and other levels of government contracts cancelled and they get blacklisted. But that would be the right thing to do so I doubt it will happen.

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

The way Carney is going I bet he will subsidize the building of the disgusting death camps.

[-] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago

Another beautiful canadian value that carney is talking about

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

See folks, when people talk about rebellion, they dont mean "attack the US military". They mean attack the enablers. These are all just corporate offices.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

its also shoddy construction too, its just tents, and temprorary housing. and its conveniently placed in the path of HURRICANES. other people mentioned its also placed where they will be deported eventually as one of the deportation airlines is based in florida.