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Serco

Serco is a British multinational government services company based in Hampshire, England.

History

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation purchased an initial stake of more than 600,000 Serco shares in 2014.1) In May 2019 - mere months before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared - the foundation's trust added an additional 200,000 shares to its portfolio.2)

COVID-19

Serco was contracted by the Government of Western Australia to operate the Centre for National Resilience Perth, a mandatory COVID-19 quarantine camp in the Bullsbrook suburb of Perth, Australia.3)

1)
Ingersoll, A. (2019, July 23). Gates Foundation Trust Ups Stake in U.K. Prison Firm. Bloomberg. http://archive.today/2020.05.01-105723/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/gates-foundation-trust-ups-stake-in-u-k-private-prison-company
2)
Kennedy, Jr., R. F. (2020, December 11). Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here’s the Proof. Children’s Health Defense. http://archive.today/2020.12.11-221234/https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/yes-bill-gates-said-that/?itm_term=home
3)
Raphael, A. (2022, August 21). Taxpayers to fork out $13m for empty quarantine facility in Western Australia. News.com.au. http://archive.today/2023.05.12-235258/https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/taxpayers-to-fork-out-13m-for-empty-quarantine-facility-in-western-australia/news-story/5ee59b87e85c62ebb55496afeaa9ff83