EXHIBIT 31.2



                            Section 302 Certification

I, Robert T. Ritter,  Vice  President  and Chief  Financial  Officer  (Principal
Financial Officer) of The Brink's Company, certify that:

(1)  I have  reviewed  this Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2004 of The Brink's Company;

(2)  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
a  material  fact  or omit  to  state a  material  fact  necessary  to make  the
statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)  Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)  The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

          (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,  or caused such
          disclosure   controls  and   procedures  to  be  designed   under  our
          supervision,  to ensure  that  material  information  relating  to the
          registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
          us by others within those entities,  particularly during the period in
          which this report is being prepared;

          (b)  [Omitted in reliance on SEC Release No. 33-8238; 34-47986 Section
          III.E.]

          (c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
          controls and procedures  and presented in this report our  conclusions
          about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures as
          of the  end of the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such
          evaluation; and

          (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's  internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
          most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in
          the case of an annual  report)  that has  materially  affected,  or is
          reasonably  likely to materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal
          control over financial reporting;

(5)  The registrant's  other certifying officer  and I have  disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,  to the
registrant's  auditors  and the audit  committee  of the  registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

          (a)  All  significant  deficiencies  and  material weaknesses  in  the
          design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
          are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to
          record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

          (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves  management or
          other  employees  who  have a  significant  role  in the  registrant's
          internal control over financial reporting.


Date:    August 9, 2004

                                     /s/ Robert T. Ritter
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                                     Robert T. Ritter,
                                     Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                     (Principal Financial Officer)