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Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst

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Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst
Industry
  • Security
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911)
Defunct1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FateSold to Falck
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ernst van der Lee[1]

Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst was the largest Dutch private security firm between 1911 and 1999.[2] Ernst van der Lee started the organisation under the name Gecombineerde Nachtveiligheidsdienst (GNVD).[3]

Merger

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The Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst was sold in 1999 to the Falck Group.[4] Falck already owned Group 4 and Securicor these two companies merged to become Group 4 Securicor.[5] In 2004, the merger was only allowed by the Netherlands Competition Authority if parts of the company were sold to prevent a monopoly in the securities business. Falck Security & Services, was sold to Facilicom.[6] This resulted in Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst being renamed Trigion.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Boerop, Door Lisa (June 23, 2014). "Oud-Quote 500-lid Ernst van der Lee krijgt geen schadevergoeding van 3,5 miljoen". Quote.
  2. ^ "Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst keert terug op beveiligingsmarkt". BeveiligingNieuws. February 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "Geslaagde reünie Nederlandse Veiligheidsdienst". BeveiligingNieuws. January 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Denen bewaken Nederland". Trouw. June 11, 1999.
  5. ^ "Historie". www.g4s.com.
  6. ^ "Geschiedenis van Trigion | Facilicom". www.facilicom.nl.
  7. ^ "De geschiedenis van de NVD". April 28, 2011.