False claims, creation & distribution of False CV's to gain employment contracts, a touch of deception, and generally misleading all and sundry seems to be quite a normal trading standard of the International Bodyguard Association all stemming from Jim Shortt and filtering down the pecking order.
Is this what Jim Shortt teaches his IBA national directors, who were as IBA students already filled with Jim Shortt's false claims and bull, they then go off carrying on spouting the same false guff on Jimbo's behalf. Therefore by doing so making a false claim seem more convincing and credible as a truth to the unsuspecting person or group of persons. Get the Jim Shortt modus operandi yet, all for financial gain.
As a little research exercise, I picked out a few random countries from Jimbo's IBAHQ website, where IBA claims to have a office I selected Spain, Ireland, England, Italy, Malta, Slovenia and Germany, took a look at their websites and followed links (revealed a lot more of interest via the website archive service), spotted false claims and multiple thefts of copyright logo's, and that's just at first glance. For all anyone knows I may have been doing this for a governmental department, corporation or family who may have been interested in doing business and providing lucrative contracts with the IBA and IBA members/trained persons.
After looking at those websites anyone with half a gram of intelligence would automatically suspect some funny/dodgy business going on there, the only continuity within the IBA group was claims to a dead person(Lucien Ott) and a person exposed as a complete fraud(Jim Shortt) who are themselves both associated with wanted suspects and organised crime in Belgium.
A little further background research into a few "IBA National Directors" reveals there is a international active cell premeditated and organised in deception operating under the direction of Jim Shortt. Take IBA Spain as just one example, the directors consist of a walter mitty Major and his wife (Head of IBA Women Branch) also run a private clinic for PTSD injured military personnel, the treatment includes convincing the injured person that to make a successful recovery they should undertake a IBA course and be reprogrammed as bodyguards to then take a job in a hostile war zone. WTF!
As for all the sia claims, well so what, it's a private company in England that won a contract under a failed government, the sia has not been successful with it's qualification and licensing program, just look up on the internet all the documented failures against them. And not to forget the sia only covers UK where private CP personnel don't even carryout high risk duties in UK (unless it's for criminals). A sia licence only shows the person has completed/passed the minimum requirement of a training course and does not have any serious criminal convictions to get a licence. It does not show the licence holder is actually any good at providing close protection.
I personally know a few guy's who don't have sia licenses, a couple of them do have serious criminal convictions, yet they are all are excellent bodyguards and in fulltime CP employment with each them getting paid in excess of £100k tax free with perks per year. Compare that to Duncan's post where he claims to employ sia CP licence holders and only pays them £35k per year, I think he's paying far below a decent rate for decent staff or does not value their real worth, jeez the guy in my local Mercedez dealer earns £35k per year plus perks and he's only a service manager.
For companies like the IBA the sia guff is a selling point to get backsides on seats for training courses. They use to attract people from former eastern block countries who are looking to meet border and immigration regulations for their own agenda, it's a farce which in turn seriously undermines the concept of security. Although it doesn't seem to matter because it's all about turning a blind eye and take the money.
Duncan has used or continues to use the title of "sir Duncan White" in the UK on electronic IBA documentation, yet the title was never bestowed on him by the Queen of England or her Prime Minister. Duncan would have everyone believe (at time of writing this) it was given to him by a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, but fails to state (who,when, why and where) the Cardinal was. It is not a secret or inappropriate to give those details if genuine.
Duncan representing IBA UK invites questions to be put to him, and states he believes in "Transparency, Openness and honesty", he then fannies about not actually answering, not being open, not being honest, not being transparent. It displays all the hallmarks of typical Jim Shortt M.O.
A very reliable document "The London Gazette" shows Duncan White was declared a bankrupt by court order in 1997 after a animal manicure business he owned failed, but Duncan claims it was 2000 after he badly injured his hand in 1999. Many person's have continued working with badly injured limbs including loss of limbs, bodyguards and military personnel past and present still working are testament to that fact, and so are those whose have received badly injured limbs and loss of limbs in road traffic collisions for example. I'm quite sure Duncan is aware of Jimbo's own injuries after a car collision whilst travelling around Estonia some years ago, and he's still working. So Duncan's point about his hand is what, he had no insurance to cover loss of earnings whilst recovering from injuries? doesn't think much of personal protection then?, which is strange he enters the risk management and personal protection business. Oh well horses for courses and all that.
Although I do agree with other posters who have expressed bankruptcy can happen to anyone for a number of factors, I do disagree with the quick to judge comment, as there was no suggestion it was quick. However, a court bankruptcy order and extreme financial hardship leading too and during a bankruptcy period I would imagine leaves a notable marked scar on ones memory, Duncan's recall of that period (the dates) is incorrect if not deceptive. Why is that?
He was cut some slack and given a ample chance to edit/correct his post in case he made a typo error or mistake, but can't be bothered was his attitude. Not a very good example of a company director who can't be bothered to clarify matters, especially when that same person invited questions to be put to him, and who is also trying to promote his business at the same time as well as make a successful career in his chosen profession.
Understandably Duncan may feel a little embarrassed by it or feel under pressure to put fee paying backsides on classroom seats in order to fill his IBA training courses, after all Jim Shortt is expecting his percentage cut of the takings whilst sitting pretty at the top of his IBA pyramid business.
Personally, I don't lay blame at Duncan for his extremely poor display and failure to answer questions properly, he is only doing what is taught to him. I lay the blame firmly at his tutor Jim Shortt international conman.
