The business was established in the early 1990s to fill a vacuum in the post cold war era. Our purpose is to offer governments and other legitimate organisations specialist military expertise at a time when western national desire to provide active support to friendly governments, and to support them in conflict resolution, has materially decreased, as has their capability to do so.

Sandline is a privately owned and independent business. It is incorporated in the Bahamas and maintains representative offices in London, England and Washington, DC in the United States.

Mission

To provide our clients with the best possible military services in order to assist them with solving security issues quickly, efficiently and with minimum impact.

Policy

Sandline's operating principles ensure that the company only accepts projects which, in the view of its management, would improve the state of security, stability and general conditions in client countries. To this end the company will only undertake projects which are for:

• Internationally recognised governments (preferably democratically elected)
  
• International institutions such as the UN
  
• Genuine, internationally recognised and supported liberation movements
  

- and which are -

• Legal and moral
  
• Conducted to the standards of first world military forces
  
• Where possible, broadly in accord with the policies of key western governments
  
• Undertaken exclusively within the national boundaries of the client country.
  

Sandline will not become involved with:

• Embargoed regimes
  
• Terrorist organisations
  
• Drug cartels and international organised crime
  
• Illegal arms trading
  
• Nuclear, biological or chemical proliferation
  
• Contravention of human rights
  
• Any activity which breaches the basic Law of Armed Conflict.
  

In the absence of a set of international regulations governing Private Military Companies, Sandline has adopted a self-regulatory approach to the conduct of our activities. This includes a rigid adherence to the principles outlined above. Security and confidentiality are essential and we address this in more depth below.

Management and Resources

Sandline is privately managed by a number of senior ex-military personnel from the UK and US armed forces. This management team is supported by access to a pool of consultants with extensive international commercial and legal expertise. Sandline personnel are highly professional, often former military, police and government employees, recruited from a number of countries. They are the best available, and have extensive experience of all levels of conflict, but are tuned to the nuances and political sensitivities in the world today.

All employees are thoroughly vetted by the company prior to employment and their activities are monitored closely at all times. Any breaches of discipline and confidentiality result in dismissal and may result in prosecution in the client country. Our employees operate in a hierarchical and disciplined structure, observing both international laws and customs as well as those of the host country.

Operational Capability

We are able to adapt the capabilities of the company to address the legitimate requirements of our clients. The core skills of the company include:

Advisory

• Strategic, operational and tactical planning
  
• Operational research and analysis
  
• Independent defence reviews
  
• Armed forces restructuring
  
• Structural reviews
  
• Threat analysis
  
• Project estimates
  

Training

• Basic and advanced tri-service general military training
  
• Special forces, Psy ops and intelligence training
  
• Special police unit training
  
• Humanitarian and disaster relief operational training
  
• Mine clearance training
  

Operational Support

Sandline can provide specialist individuals or formed units to support a client's own armed forces on operations - typical support functions are:

• Command, control, communication and intelligence teams
  
• Special forces units (including counter terrorist and counter narcotic)
  
• Heliborne reaction forces
  
• Maritime special warfare units
  
• Pilots and engineers
  
• Fire support co-ordination teams
  
• Body guard/close protection teams
  
• Logistics
  
• Election securing/monitoring
  
• Integration/demilitarisation of warring factions
  

Intelligence Support

• Provision of electronic, photographic and human intelligence gathering capabilities and information analysis
  
• Design and implementation of intelligence gathering structures and the associated training of local civilian or military personnel in intelligence operations
  

Humanitarian Operations

• Securing strategic assets - water, food, electricity, key installations
  
• Convoy escort
  
• Humanitarian and disaster relief command and co-ordination
  
• Mine clearance
  
• Protection of aid agency personnel
  
• Medical support at all levels
  
• Air support
  
• Water purification
  

Strategic Communications

• Public relations
  
• International lobbying
  
• Political analysis
  
• Psy ops
  
• Secure electronic communication
  

Support for Law and Order

Sandline can assist in non-conflict support to law and order. Typical areas are:

• Counter-narcotics programmes
  
• Counter-terrorism
  
• Combating organised crime
  
• Protection of natural resources and key installations
  
• Anti-poaching operations
  
• Anti-smuggling operations
  
• Revenue protection
  
• Fisheries protection and maritime surveillance.
  

Project Approach

We take care to examine and analyse the issues to be addressed in considerable depth prior to any significant deployment of our personnel. This sometimes requires the completion of a consulting exercise as a preliminary exercise. A typical sequence of project management steps includes:

• Full presentation on capabilities
  
• Outline evaluation of the issues
  
• Preparation and delivery of proposal
  
• Contractual arrangements put in place
  
• Engagement of the company
  
• Detailed analysis of problem
  
• Thorough project plan worked up and agreed
  
• Deployment of Sandline resources
  
• Completion of project
  
• Withdrawal of project team.
  

Confidentiality

Sandline's projects are generally sensitive in nature and, therefore, we apply strict rules of confidentiality to our work and client relationships. These rules are reflected in our contractual obligations, corporate code and employment terms.

Our code of confidentiality is absolute. Our security procedures are rigorously enforced to ensure protection both for the client and ourselves.

Why Use Sandline?

• An independent analysis of a problem is required
• National security or stability may be threatened
• Indigenous capabilities may be insufficient
• International support is not forthcoming, but external support is essential
• Sandline supplements the local resources
• National capability is enhanced
• Appropriate actions can now be taken
• Problem expediently and costeffectively resolved.

Financial Arrangements

We offer a cost-effective solution for our clients. The financial package is self-contained and invariably determined in advance of service delivery. We anticipate all the likely operational costs associated with the conduct of a project and can, therefore, provide a firm figure prior to entering into a contractual arrangement. Contrary to speculation in the press, we do not seek to be rewarded in the form of mineral concessions or other indigenous assets. All Sandline contracts have addressed the issue of remuneration in an exclusively monetary form.

Summary

Sandline International is unique in its field. We have rivals but they cannot or do not wish to deploy the full range of capabilities that we offer our clients.

Our operations are completely selfcontained, highly disciplined and we are conscious of client confidentiality and local sensitivities. We do not always focus on the direct application of military force but are concerned with the application of a more subtle or oblique approach and, where required, the company is capable of conducting humanitarian operations.

We seek to provide training for local forces, generating a transfer of our skills which enables client governments to become selfsupporting after the withdrawal of the company's personnel on the conclusion of our contract.

We are capable of very rapid deployment and operate in a costeffective manner. We are confident that the cost to a client of deploying a Sandline project team is invariably cheaper than the cost of sourcing alternate forms of external assistance.

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