Clampdown bid for rogue firms
A CLAMPDOWN on rogue security firms muscling in on Scottish Government contracts was announced today.
Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said only firms with the "approved contractor" kitemark will be allowed to carry out private security work.
The move came ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce.
Mr MacAskill said: "I am determined to ensure that public money does not make its way into the criminals' coffers."
Gordon Meldrum, director-general of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, called at the weekend for the system of handing out public sector contracts to be tightened to freeze out firms linked with gangsters.
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