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Article: global homeland security spending expected to triple to aed 653 billion by 2015
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- December 2, 2007
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The global homeland security business is flourishing and
governments and businesses worldwide are expected this year to spend
over AED 216 billion ($59 billion) to thwart terrorists and secure
their home countries, denoting a six-fold increase from 2000
figures, according to industry estimates.
"International expenditure on homeland security now surpasses
established enterprises like movie-making and the music industry in
annual revenues," said Angela Schierholz, Senior Show Manager at
Epoc Messe Frankfurt GmbH, organizer of Intersec Middle East which
will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition
Centre from January 13 to 15, 2008.
Ms Schierholz noted that by comparison, ...