Insecurity: a the Venezuela insurance company

The bodyguard, an occupation in ascension.Increased crime over the last decade in the Venezuela - the figures were announced, at least partially Tuesday, led to the rise of enterprise security.

They offer a wide range of services, ranging from GPS systems, satellite armour vehicles and private surveillance services which include hiring of bodyguards of positioning.

According to the Venezuelan Association of security executives, private security companies increased by 70% of the last decade and there are some 300 companies engaged in the protection and surveillance, which generate approximately 300,000 jobs.

Only in the distribution of electronic safety equipment sector in 2010 there are 100 verified companies 250 million per year.

Point industry experts services are not only searched by people purchasing, high power, but by anyone who can pay a little extra security.

Ricardo, a businessman with investments in the sector of transport and the livestock, over twelve years has been victim of robbery of six interceptions, three have been deleted from your vehicle.

The most recent flight took place on January 5, facing a little quieter because car scarf was protected by a GPS satellite positioning system. I was certain that could retrieve and was therefore.

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It is through initiatives like Gilma Alfonso and Oscar Sabater, those who believe that they were visionary as there is 12 years, in partnership with Brazilian company to establish business Venezuela vehicle armor armored armour.

Increasingly Venezuelans want to protect your car.

"We founded this company to see what was going on in the insecurity in other countries of the region". Initially, we have much cost to convince people about the usefulness of our services. "Much now come alone to hire us", explains Sabater.

Alfonzo says when they started to just another company of the branch to the Venezuela and there are now 30.

According to their estimates, 2010 blindaron country 2,000 vehicles among business customers and individuals. It is important taking into account that a car harden can cost between US$ 19, 000 and 25 000 USD.

The presence of guards and armed bodyguard became daily on the streets of Caracas. Vehicles with smoked glass protected by two powerful motorbikes whose drivers carry out automatic pistols under their immutable black jackets are a common phenomenon.

Before it was a service for the upper class, but also demand now middle class

José Antonio Khliefat, President of PBG services executives

José Antonio Khliefat, President of PBG guiding services, a business certified by the international bodyguard Association recognizes that demand for armed escorts increased much in recent years.

"Before it was a service for the upper class, but also now demand in the workplace, due to the emergence of new forms of crime such as removing express (short term) and virtual kidnapping, which is based on telephone threats," says Khliefat.

Armed service protocol in which operate the bodyguards to Venezuela due to legal constraints, generated much employment as required by the need to ensure a 24-hour protection can entail, for example, a transnational company wishing to protect its executives a half-dozen 46 escorts.

According to the figures of the criminologist and Fermín marble consultant en sécurité García, the Venezuela abduction was a 430% increase since February 1999, while murder grew by 240%.

Marble pointed out that, according to official figures, throughout the country occur five days of kidnapping, four of them in the express mode, which should add a black figure (not published) by 30%.

This expert considers the rise of the private security due to the inability of the guarantee of the State the right to life and property, due to lack of resources among other causes.

"According to UN, missing 20 000 police officers for the research and the other 50,000 for prevention." A criminal prosecutor manages 2 000 cases per year and a judge, 500. "The result is that 92% of murders go unpunished,", marble.

Tulio Jiménez, who was until January last elected official of the PSUV party and internal policy of the President of the National Assembly ensures that State made great efforts to integrate as many police officers.

He warns that insecurity solution not only in policies repressive and expressed their reservations about the proliferation of private security. "Long term these functions should return into the hands of the State, which must count with the collaboration of citizens," he said.

Meanwhile, marble, Venezuelan must develop its own security protocol. "Why people take refuge in the technology and the country is full of cameras of security and private security guards," explains.

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