|
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)
|
9 Months Ended | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2012
|
Dec. 31, 2011
|
Sep. 30, 2011
|
Dec. 31, 2010
|
Sep. 30, 2012
Venezuelan Operations [Member]
|
Sep. 30, 2012
Venezuelan Operations [Member]
Maximum [Member]
|
Sep. 30, 2012
Venezuelan Operations [Member]
Minimum [Member]
|
Sep. 30, 2012
US Dollar Denominated [Member]
|
Sep. 30, 2012
Bolivar Fuerte Denominated [Member]
|
|
| Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Revenues | $ 235,100,000 | ||||||||
| Venezuelan revenues as a percentage of total revenues | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Translation | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||||||
| Assets Net | 65,700,000 | ||||||||
| Approved transactions limit per entity per month | 350,000 | ||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 400,000 | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 202,700,000 | 182,900,000 | 200,500,000 | 183,000,000 | 34,200,000 | ||||
| Brinks investments in Venzuelan Operations on an equity-method basis | $ 84,400,000 | ||||||||