Regulating the growth of private security in PNG

Abstract

As anyone who has visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the past 20 years can attest, the private security industry is booming. Office buildings are often only accessible by passing by rolls of sharp barbed wire, pointed fences and uniformed guards with large caps. Many who work for donors, international NGOs or foreign embassies move from one secure compound in cars tracked by security companies that deliver them to another well-guarded fortress. Show more