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#Private-Military

Events indexed under #Private-Military — 16 entries in the record.

16 events From Aug 12, 1977 To Feb 1, 2019 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2019-02-01Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group Announces Xinjiang Training Facility Amid Uyghur Detention Campaign
Erik Prince · Frontier Services Group · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group
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2016-09-01Apollo Global Management Acquires Constellis Holdings (Blackwater Successor) for Approximately $1 Billion
Constellis Holdings · Apollo Global Management · Blackwater · Triple Canopy
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2014-07-01Academi (formerly Blackwater) Merges with Triple Canopy to Form Constellis Holdings, Third Corporate Rebranding
Academi · Triple Canopy · Constellis Holdings · Blackwater
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2014-01-01Erik Prince Founds Frontier Services Group with Chinese State Investment from CITIC, Controlled by Chang Zhenming
Erik Prince · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group · Frontier Services Group
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2011-12-12Erik Prince Sells Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), Rebranded as Academi with John Ashcroft on Board
Erik Prince · Xe Services · Academi · John Ashcroft · +3
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2011-01-01Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince
Erik Prince · Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Reflex Responses · United Arab Emirates
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2009-10-06Senate Passes Franken Amendment Banning Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Assault Claims by Defense Contractors, 30 Republicans Vote to Protect Corporate Impunity
Al Franken · Jamie Leigh Jones · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · +2
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2009-02-13Blackwater Rebrands as Xe Services to Distance from Nisour Square Massacre and Iraq War Crimes
Erik Prince · Blackwater · Xe Services
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2008-01-02KBR's Faulty Electrical Work Kills Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, Part of Systematic Negligence Causing 18 Electrocution Deaths in Iraq with No Criminal Charges Despite Army Negligent Homicide Finding
Ryan Maseth · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · U.S. Department of Defense · +3
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2007-10-02Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents
Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Henry Waxman
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2007-04-05Halliburton Completes Spin-Off of KBR to Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Fraud Investigations, and $2.7 Billion in Questioned Costs
Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · David Lesar · Dick Cheney · +1
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2005-07-28KBR Employee Jamie Leigh Jones Alleges Gang Rape in Iraq, Exposes Systematic Use of Mandatory Arbitration to Shield Contractor Accountability
Jamie Leigh Jones · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · Ted Poe · +3
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2004-03-31Four Blackwater Contractors Killed in Fallujah Ambush, Bodies Hung from Bridge, Triggering First Battle of Fallujah
Erik Prince · Blackwater · Scott Helvenston · Jerry Zovko · +3
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1998-05-01Sandline "Arms-to-Africa" Scandal: UK Parliamentary Inquiry Tests PMC Accountability and Finds It Wanting
Tim Spicer · Sandline International · Robin Cook · Tony Blair · +1
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1989-01-01Executive Outcomes Founded in South Africa: First Modern Private Military Company Conducts Combat Operations
Eeben Barlow · Executive Outcomes · Tony Buckingham · Simon Mann · +1
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1977-08-12Weinberger v. Equifax: Fifth Circuit Guts Anti-Pinkerton Act, Clearing Path for Private Intelligence Industry
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · Equifax Inc. · Government Accountability Office
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