Alfa 5 Segurança Industrial e Patrimonial SARL is a private security company in Angola.[1] It is majority owned by ENDIAMA and holds over half of the security contracts with Angolan diamond companies.[2]
History
Alfa 5 was founded in 1993 in partnership with senior or retired military officials or their close relatives for the purpose of providing security to ENDIAMA's diamond mines against criminals and UNITA rebels.[2][3] These military and ex-military officials on the Alfa-5 board included then-General César Pugliese, Rui Carlos Sousa Gaio, the wife of then-