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 mission. The UN Working Group (UNWG) on the "use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination"....conducted a fact-finding mission about the recruitment firms in Chile this week...[refers to Blackwater, Global Guard, Triple Canopy, Red Táctica Consulting Group]