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World Service,7 mins

The business of bodyguards

The Fifth Floor

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The bodyguard industry in Venezuela has grown by 70% in the last 2 years, middle class families are now hiring bodyguards to take their children to parties. It's a lucrative industry but what do bodyguards around the world share in common? We're joined by colleagues from Venezuela, from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic to find out who becomes a bodyguard, what do they do and how do you distinguish a Russian bodyguard from an Egyptian one?

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