Protecting Your Business

By Francisco Quiñones

Francisco Quiñones is the founder and Managing Director of Arcis International, a security, risk management and crisis response consultancy. Prior to forming Arcis, Francisco was the Director of Operations for Clayton Consultants where he ran global response efforts for over four years.  As global response lead for four years, Francisco oversaw more than 150 kidnap-for-ransom, extortion, and wrongful detention cases and was personally involved in the successful resolution of more than 30 kidnapping, maritime hijacking, and evacuation cases throughout Latin America, Africa, and South Asia.

The Cipher Brief spoke with Francisco Quiñones, the founder of Arcis International, a security, risk management, and crisis response consultancy based in Washington, DC.  Quinones, a kidnapping and ransom (K&R) expert, discussed the work his company does to ensure the safe return of kidnapping victims.

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