Concerned that many Fijians have been recruited as mercenaries, experts on the issue today urged the authorities of [Fiji] to ensure that private security companies operate in full accordance with international human rights standards, as they concluded a fact-finding mission for the United Nations. In preliminary recommendations, the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries...urged the Government to maintain transparent registers of private security companies as well as a system of regular inspections...The group said it was most worried about companies that work in situations of armed conflict such as Iraq, as well as those that exploit Fijians through excessive working hours, non-payment of salaries, ill-treatment and neglect of basic needs.