traded as nyse bco industry logistics security founded 1859 founder perry brink headquarters 1801 bayberry court richmond va 23226 number of locations 650 branches and 7 800 vehicles in 150 countries key people douglas a. pertz president & chief executive officer products armored transport safes revenue us 3.942 billion fy 2013 1 2 operating income us 171.7 million fy 2013 1 net income us 56.8 million fy 2013 1 total assets us 2.498 billion fy 2013 1 total equity us 408 million fy 2011 1 number of employees 134 000 dec 2011 2 website www.brinks.com a brink s van the brink s company is an american security and protection company headquartered outside of richmond virginia united states . its core business is brink s inc. ; it spun off its brink s home security operations into a separate company broadview security in 2008 . the brink s brand and reputation span around the globe . in 2013 its international network serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs approximately 70 000 people . operations include approximately 1 100 facilities and 13 300 vehicles . the company emerged from the pittston company and changed its name to the brink s company in 2003 . contents 1 operations 2 discontinued operations 3 brink s home security 4 1950 great brink s robbery 5 1981 attempted robbery 6 1983 brink s mat robbery 7 1993 new york robbery 8 2008 d.b. tuber s brinks robbery 9 2013 brussels airport diamond heist 10 2014 return of lost money bag 11 recent news 12 references 13 external links operations edit brink s is popularly known for its bullet resistant armored trucks which carry money and valuable goods once used to transport the hope diamond from an auction to the buyer s home . brink s is a provider of security services to banks retailers governments mints and jewelers . founded in 1859 by perry brink of chicago illinois brink s business evolved from local armored transportation services to providing corporate financial logistics and international secure transportation . a significant portion of brink s business is conducted internationally with 82 % of 3.9 billion in revenues earned outside the united states in 2013 . the majority of brink s consolidated revenues in 2013 was earned in operations located in nine countries each contributing in excess of 100 million of revenues . the 2013 revenues from these countries totaled 3.0 billion or 79 % of consolidated revenues . these operations in declining order of revenues were the u.s. france mexico brazil venezuela canada colombia argentina and the netherlands . in january 2012 brink s acquired kheops sas a provider of logistics software and related services in france for approximately 17 million . this acquisition gave the company proprietary control of software used primarily in cash in transit and money processing operations in france . 3 on january 31 2013 brink s acquired brazil based rede transacoes eletronicas ltda . redetrel for approximately 26 million . redetrel distributes electronic prepaid products including mobile phone airtime via a network of approximately 20 000 retail locations across brazil . redetrel s strong distribution network supplements brink s existing payments business epago which has operations in brazil mexico colombia and panama . brink s sold one of its core operations bax global a logistics and transportation solutions company for u.s. 1.1 billion to deutsche bahn on january 31 2006 . bax global used to be known as burlington air express . discontinued operations edit in november 2010 brink s former cash in transit cit operations in belgium filed for bankruptcy after local union employess rejected a restructuring plan and was placed in bankruptcy on february 2 2011 . brink s deconsolidated the belgium subsidiary in 2010 . in 2012 brink s agreed to sell its cash in transit operations in germany and poland and event security operations in france and the company completed the divestiture of its guarding operations in morocco in december 2012 . in may 2014 brink s us decided to cease their cash in transit operations throughout australia . linfox armaguard made an offer to purchase brink s australia s cit operations and brink s is continuing their precious goods logistics business within australia . 4 brink s home security edit the brink s company announced on february 25 2008 that it would spin off brink s home security into a separate publicly traded company . 5 the spin off was completed in the fourth quarter of 2008 and by mid 2009 was re branded as broadview security . 6 on january 19 2010 tyco international announced that it is acquiring broadview security in a transaction that will bring together two of the largest names in home and commercial security . broadview will merge and operate under adt security services . 7 1950 great brink s robbery edit main article great brink s robbery the great brink s robbery was an armed robbery of the brinks building at the corner of prince st. and commercial st. in the north end of boston massachusetts on the night of january 17 1950 . led by boston small time hood tony fats pino 11 men broke in and stole 1 218 211.29 in cash and 1 557 183.83 in checks money orders and other securities . at the time it was the largest robbery in the history of the united states . skillfully executed with only a bare minimum of clues left at the crime scene the robbery was billed as the crime of the century . all 11 members of the gang were later arrested and all were paroled and released by 1971 except for one member who died in prison . who despite ongoing efforts by the federal bureau of investigation and local authorities only 58 000 of the initial 2.7 million stolen was ever recovered . citation needed 1981 attempted robbery edit main article brink s robbery 1981 on october 20 1981 members of the weather underground organization and black liberation army attempted an armed robbery of a brink s armored car . the robbery resulted in a shootout that left two police officers edward o grady and waverly brown and a brink s security guard pete paige dead . paige s partner joe trombino was severely wounded in the gun battle but survived . he later died in the world trade center during the september 11 attacks in 2001 . 8 1983 brink s mat robbery edit main article brink s mat robbery on november 26 1983 there was an armed robbery at a warehouse near london s heathrow airport operated by brink s mat a former joint venture between brink s and the london based company mat transport which specialized in the transportation of valuable goods . three tonnes of gold bullion worth 26 million was stolen . most of the gold has never been recovered . 1993 new york robbery edit 7.4 million was stolen from the brink s armored car depot in rochester new york the fifth largest robbery in us history . when four men sam millar rev. patrick moloney former rochester police officer thomas o connor and charles mccormick all of whom had ties to the provisional irish republican army were accused . 9 2008 d.b. tuber s brinks robbery edit on september 30 2008 in monroe washington a brinks armored car pulled up to make a delivery to the bank of america . a landscaper who was working the grounds and wearing a blue shirt blue hat and yellow safety vest approached the armored car guard pepper sprayed him stole 400 000 in cash and escaped on an inner tube . when police arrived they found the bank s parking lot was full of men wearing identical clothing to the mysterious robber s. all were hired by a phony ad placed on craigslist by a culprit the media dubbed d.b. tuber after famed hi jacker d. b. cooper instructing them to show up at the bank at the same time wearing a blue shirt blue hat and yellow safety vest . months later the fbi received a tip from a very attentive homeless man who had witnessed a practice run weeks prior to the robbery . dna evidence later convicted former college football player anthony curcio of the crime . 10 11 2013 brussels airport diamond heist edit main article brussels airport diamond heist on 18 february 2013 eight masked gunmen in two cars with police markings stole approximately 38 million worth of diamonds from a swiss bound fokker 100 operated by helvetic airways . the fokker 100 was on the apron at brussels airport belgium just before 20 00 cet . 12 13 14 the heist was accomplished without a shot being fired . 12 2014 return of lost money bag edit in may 2014 california resident joe cornell found a brink s bag with 125 000 inside ; cornell saw the bag of cash accidentally fall out of the back of a brink s transport car as it drove over the railroad tracks in downtown fresno . cornell returned the bag of cash claiming it was the right thing to do . brinks thanked the man for his honesty with a 5 000 reward and a 5 000 donation in cornell s name to the salvation army where he works . 15 16 17 recent news edit in october 2015 brink s activist investor starboard value lp announced it had raised its stake in the company to around 12.4 % . 18 later that year brink s responded to texas rfi 212p with their perspective on a solution for texas hb 483 establishing the texas bullion depository . 19 references edit a b c d e brink s 2013 annual report . 2014 02 28 . a b brink s form 10 k annual report filing date feb 28 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved feb 12 2013 . brink s acquires logistics software firm in france . reuters . 2012 01 09 . retrieved 2016 04 18 . error permission denied . accc.gov.au . gutierrez carl february 25 2008 . brink s goes splitesville . market scan . forbes.com . burkitt laurie june 30 2009 . brink s 120 million name change . ad campaigns . its home security business becomes broadview . 1 archived february 11 2010 at the wayback machine . joseph trombino close calls never counted . new york times . september 17 2001 . mcfadden robert d. 1993 11 14 . ny times . new york times . retrieved 2013 09 19 . doughery phil . d.b. tuber . history link . ith ian . 6 year sentence in robbery with getaway inner tube . the seattle times . a b chrisafis angelique 19 february 2013 . diamond heist at brussels airport nets gang up to 30m in gems . the guardian . retrieved 19 february 2013 . casert raf 19 february 2013 . diamond heist hits swiss plane on brussels tarmac . associated press . archived from the original on 21 february 2013 . retrieved 19 february 2013 . brussels diamond robbery nets gigantic haul . bbc . 19 february 2013 . retrieved 19 february 2013 . cavaliere victoria 30 may 2014 . california man returns 125k dropped from armored car . reuters . retrieved 7 june 2014 . hostetter george 30 may 2014 . fresno man finds returns brinks bag with 125 000 in cash . fresno bee . retrieved 7 june 2014 . o neill natalie 30 may 2014 . poor man returns 125k dropped from brinks truck . new york post . retrieved 7 june 2014 . starboard raises stake in cash handler brink s to 12.4 percent . reuters . 6 october 2015 . texas tribune . 7 . annual report for fiscal year ending december 31 2012 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to the brink s company . official website brink s incorporated website