Along with Prince, other key members of the group hail from the upper echelons of Blackwater, a private military contractor that provided security services for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The deportation case of Maryland resident and Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia has drawn major attention to the ...

And he reveals why highly efficient private military contractors have been essential to running our armed forces, since long before Blackwater came along. Above all, Prince debunks myths about ...

Tactics used by the private security firms sometimes created ill will among Iraqis and Blackwater in particular was criticized, even by some in the U.S. military, for its allegedly reckless use of ...

The initiative aligns with a broader minerals-for-security deal being negotiated between the DRC and the Trump administration.

Erik became a Navy SEAL and then established his own private military firm in 1997, Blackwater. Once the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Blackwater received billions in contracts from the U.S ...

Despite no confirmed links to the U.S. government or military, security contractors ... Prince, best known as the founder of Blackwater—the private security firm implicated in the killing ...

(Look back at the incident) Their families have sued North Carolina-based Blackwater Security Consulting, one of the best-known of hundreds of private military contractors operating in Iraq ...

TASS/. Ukraine is unable to reclaim its lost territory in the country’s east, Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of private military company Blackwater, said. "There's no chance that ...