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Exhibit 23
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors
The Brink’s Company:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 2-64258, 33-2039, 33-21393, 33-23333, 333-69040, 33-53565, 333-02219, 333-78631, 333-78633, 333-70758, 333-70772, 333-70766, 333-70762, 333-146673, 333-152552 and 333-133073) of The Brink’s Company of our reports dated March 2, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of The Brink’s Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Brink’s Company.
 
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, effective January 1, 2007, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, effective December 31, 2006, and Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, effective December 31, 2006.
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
 
Richmond, Virginia
March 2, 2009