How geography, Trump, and global instability help explain World Cup security costs

How geography, Trump, and global instability help explain World Cup security costs

Bud Mercer was the head of security for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a near billion-dollar operation.
But the veteran former RCMP officer says those in charge of the World Cup in Vancouver and Toronto now face a new security landscape, from

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