FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil will employ 170,000 security personnel and spend close to 1.9 billion reais (479 million pounds) to try and ensure a trouble free World Cup tournament, organisers said on Thursday.
A total of 150,000 armed services and public policing forces personnel will be diverted to the month-long event that kicks off on June 12, plus a further 20,000 trained private security officers hired to bolster security.
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