EXHIBIT 31.1

                            Section 302 Certification

I, Michael T. Dan, Chief Executive Officer (Principal  Executive Officer) of The
Brink's Company, certify that:

(1) I have  reviewed  this  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 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: November 4, 2004

                                                /s/  Michael T. Dan
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                                                Michael T. Dan
                                                Chief Executive Officer
                                                (Principal Executive Officer)