Category: Tunisia Security
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TS Update-(Setup for Friday 15th & Saturday 16th)
Greetings Expats, Today we had our monthly Expat Security Professionals Meeting. This group is made up of security professionals from various fields all committed to networking for the purposes of keeping Expats safe & informed. We had a very productive meeting this morning and I wanted to share some key points…
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TS Update-(Preparedness Feb 12-15th)
Greetings Expats, First I would like to say that I am both honored & humbled by the emails I’ve received. Thank you for allowing me to share these updates with you and let’s keep the positive flow of information going. And now back to the news… See if you can…
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TS Update-(Political Crisis..Expat Awareness)
Greetings Expats, We need to get ready for a challenging week ahead and the best way we can do this is by remaining vigilant, informed, and prepared. What to expect in the days ahead? Political Instability: As a well written article on dawn.com stated: “Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali’s gamble on forming a new…
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TS Update-(Friday Feb 8th)
Greetings Expats, Receiving a lot of information from security contacts, friends and family. Extremely busy so I can’t write a lot but as always I would like to share some helpful information. Threats & Challenges Political violence Protests and demonstrations Assessment Civil unrest threat remains HIGH Expat Empowering Actions Proceed with a…
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TS Update-(Escalation Wednesday)
Greetings Expats, Today while driving to the airport at 4 in the morning, I started thinking about the situation in Tunisia and the many challenges that Expats face. Although I was very excited to be traveling to one of my favorite cities in the world (Barcelona), I couldn’t help but worry about…
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TS Update-(Renewed State of Emergency)
Greetings Expats, It’s interesting to note that we’ve been living under a “state of emergency” for over two years now. We should really start having “state of emergency renewal meetups”… Interesting Point It’s interesting to point out that President Marzouki “announced at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa earlier in the week that the…
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TS Update-(Taxi…Personal Safety)
Greetings Expats, So much information coming my way…so much to share. Receiving in-depth analysis on regional developments from professional contacts and solid insights from fellow Expats. While considering all this information, I always remember to turn on my “practical & relevant filter”. I believe the worst thing a security advisor can do is…
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TS Update-(Personal Security Review)
Greetings Expats, We took a field trip today to Borj El Amri (a town in the Manouba Governorate of Tunisia), located 30 kilometres southwest of Tunis. The trip was uneventful and we had a lovely time at our destination. On our way to and from we noticed a lot of police…
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TS Update-(Travel Warnings Lessons)
Greetings Expats, I wanted to provide some analysis on the recent State Department travel warnings and more importantly shed some light on how we as Expats can use their general advise to improve our security setup. While a review of the recent updates are alarming, we can learn a lot…
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TS Update-(Expats Alerted)
Greetings Expats, After the major hostage crisis in eastern Algeria, security and political officials throughout North Africa are busy adjusting to the new security reality. Many analysts have stated that the terrorist threat Tunisia faces remains low mainly because of their capable counter-terrorism capabilities. Additionally, unlike other “Arab Spring”…
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