Autor(a): Nils Rosemann, in Nebula

...interrogations by private military and security corporations are just the tip of the iceberg...there are about 20,000 private security contractors in Iraq, including Americans, Iraqis and other foreigners. [refers to DynCorp (part of Computer...

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• También se encuentra en: "The Privatization of Human Rights Violations" - report on corporate conduct in Iraq (refers to CACI, Titan, DynCorp, Blackwater, Halliburton, others)
• Empresas relacionadas: Bechtel Blackwater CACI Computer Sciences (CSC) Control Risks DynCorp Halliburton Hart KBR Titan (now L-3 Titan) Triple Canopy

Autor(a): 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...

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• Áreas detalladas: NGO Private military & security companies
• Empresas relacionadas: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group AirScan 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 (part of Anglo American) 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) Wood (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler)

Autor(a): Chrystelle Barbier, Le Monde

...[Un] groupe de travail des Nations unies chargé d'identifier les manifestations et tendances liées au mercenariat...dénonce les irrégularités dans les contrats, les mauvaises conditions de travail et les paiements incertains dont sont victimes ceux...

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• También se encuentra en: Peru: UN mission probes private security firms (focusing on Forza), calls for more regulation to prevent human rights abuses
• Áreas detalladas: Groupe de travail de l'ONU sur l'utilisation des mercenaires
• Empresas relacionadas: Triple Canopy

Autor(a): 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...

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• Empresas relacionadas: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group AirScan Alfa 5 American Airlines Anglo American Anvil Mining (part of China Minmetals) ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Barrick Gold BHP Billiton Blackwater Booz Allen Hamilton BP CACI Canadian Natural Resources Chevron Compañia de Minas Buenaventura Control Risks De Beers (part of Anglo American) 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, Sumitomo & Compañía de Minas Buenaventura) MPRI (part of L-3 Communications) Newmont Goldcorp 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 AB Group 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) Wood (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler)

Autor(a): Daniela Estrada and Gustavo González, IPS

Mercenary recruitment agencies that send former soldiers to Iraq have been accused in Chile of human right abuses, illegal association, possession of explosives and unauthorised use of army weaponry, and are the target of a special United Nations...

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• También se encuentra en: Chile: Grupo de trabajo de la ONU recibe información sobre abusos por parte de empresas de seguridad
• Empresas relacionadas: Blackwater Triple Canopy

Autor(a): 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...

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• Empresas relacionadas: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Aegis Group ArmorGroup (part of G4S) Blackwater DynCorp Erinys International Greystone Total Intelligence Triple Canopy

Autor(a): compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

On 16 Sep 2007, Blackwater personnel guarding a US diplomatic convoy in Western Baghdad opened fire. The company and the US Government claim the convoy had been attacked but other accounts stated Blackwater's gunfire was unprovoked. According to...

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• Empresas relacionadas: Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) Blackwater L-3 Communications L-3 Titan (part of L-3 Communications) Triple Canopy

Autor(a): John Broder & James Risen, New York Times

The American security contractor Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings while guarding American diplomats in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services to the State Department, according to Bush administration...

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• También se encuentra en: US Defence Secretary orders review of the way private security firms operate in Iraq
• Empresas relacionadas: Blackwater DynCorp Triple Canopy