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Corporate Mercenaries
Author: War on Want
The British government today comes under attack for its growing use of mercenaries in conflict zones while failing to introduce legislation to tackle their human rights abuses. A new report launched today by War on Want reveals that no prosecutions...
[PDF] full report: "Corporate Mercenaries - The threat of private military and security companies"
Author: War on Want
The following pages examine the rapid expansion of private military and security companies (PMSCs), particularly as a result of the occupation of Iraq. As well as providing information on the activities of these companies, the report urges all readers...
- Related in-depth areas: NGO Private military & security companies
- Related companies: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group AirScan AMEC American Airlines Anvil Mining (part of China Minmetals) ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Aviation Development Corporation (ADC) BHP Billiton Blackwater Booz Allen Hamilton BP CACI Canadian Natural Resources Chevron Control Risks Custer Battles De Beers DynCorp Erinys International ExxonMobil Halliburton Hart Intercon Security L-3 Communications L-3 Titan (part of L-3 Communications) MPRI (part of L-3 Communications) Northbridge Services Group Northrop Grumman Ranger Oil (part of Canadian Natural Resources) Raytheon Schlumberger Shell Siemens Silver Shadow Texaco (part of Chevron) Triple Canopy Vinnell (part of Northrop Grumman)
[DOC] Private security companies and human rights
Author: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
[Presentation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to public seminar “Privatization of security and warfare and impacts on human rights”, co-hosted by the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries and the Business & Human...
- Related companies: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group AirScan Alfa 5 AMEC American Airlines Anglo American Anvil Mining (part of China Minmetals) ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Barrick Gold BHP Billiton Blackwater Booz Allen Hamilton BP Buenaventura CACI Canadian Natural Resources Chevron Control Risks De Beers Delta Security Services DynCorp Endiama (Empresa Nacional de Diamantes de Angola) Erinys International ExxonMobil Forza (part of Securitas) G4S GSL (now G4S) Hart Intercon Security L-3 Communications L-3 Titan (part of L-3 Communications) Minera Yanacocha (joint venture Newmont & Compañía de Minas Buenaventura) MPRI (part of L-3 Communications) Newmont Northbridge Services Group Occidental Petroleum Ranger Oil (part of Canadian Natural Resources) Sandline International Schlumberger SDM (Sociedade de Desenvolvimento Mineiro de Angola) (joint venture Odebrecht & Endiama) Securitas Shell Siemens Silver Shadow Sociedade Mineira do Cuango (joint venture ITM Mining, Endiama & Lumanhe) Teleservice Texaco (part of Chevron) Triple Canopy Vinnell (part of Northrop Grumman)
The security industry: Britain's private army in Iraq
Author: Andrew Johnson, Marie Woolf and Raymond Whitaker, Independent [UK]
...as we grow more reliant on [foreign security guards working in Iraq], their future is perilous in a country without rules...[T]he abduction [of four British security guards] has cast light on the way Iraq's bloody chaos has given birth to an entire...
A very private war
Author: Jeremy Scahill, in Guardian [UK]
There are 48,000 'security contractors' in Iraq…In another incident…an off-duty Blackwater operative is alleged to have shot and killed an Iraqi bodyguard of the Shia vice-president…Blackwater officials confirm that after the incident they whisked the...
[DOC] Do Private Security Companies Have a Role in Ensuring the Security of Local Populations and Aid Workers?
Author: Jean S. Renouf, Coordinator of the European Interagency Security Forum
Within the framework of the debates regarding the concept of protection, this paper examines whether private security companies have a role to play in ensuring the physical security of local populations and whether they can improve the security...
Boom times ahead for dogs of war
Author: Julian Joyce, BBC
The British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC) was gathering for its annual conference in London..."to raise the standards of operation of its members and this emergent industry". Outside in the drizzle stood a small band of protesters...
Report: US fails at enforcing prosecution of contractors
Author: Elana Schor, Guardian [UK]
The US government has the legal authority to prosecute private contractors for crimes they commit in Iraq but often declines to use it, according to a report released today by…Human Rights First…The behaviour of contractors for Blackwater and other...
- Related companies: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Blackwater KBR
[PDF] full report: "Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity"
Author: Human Rights First
This report examines the dramatically expanded role of private security contractors (PSCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. It describes the failure of the U.S. government to effectively control their actions, and in particular the inability or unwillingness...
- Related companies: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Blackwater CACI Crescent Security Group Custer Battles DynCorp Erinys International L-3 Communications L-3 Titan (part of L-3 Communications) Sandline International Special Operations Consulting-Security Management Group (SOC-SMG) Triple Canopy Unity Resources Group
Miliband challenged on mercenaries abuse [UK]
Author: War on Want
Foreign secretary David Miliband…faces a legal challenge over his failure to ensure democratic control over private military companies...The challenge, from...War on Want, follows mounting reports of human rights abuse by mercenaries employed by...
- Related stories: UK: War on Want challenges govt. over failure to regulate private security companies – refers to Erinys, Aegis, ArmorGroup
- Related in-depth areas: Iraq NGO
- Related companies: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Blackwater Erinys International