PMC
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 PMC  (army, company)   | |
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| Interest of | Peter Warren Singer |
A private military contractor or private military company is a rebranding of the concept of the mercenary.
Legal status
Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson attempted to ban mercenaries, but was thwarted by the UK Deep state, which was using Keenie Meenie Services for a range of operations.[1]
Lawlessness
PMCs often operate de facto beyond the reach of any effective law.
“The sector still has no binding regulations, though. It doesn’t even have an agreed-upon definition of a private military or security company.”
Abigail Fielding-Smith, Crofton Black, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (January 2019) [2]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Academi | Formerly known as Blackwater, a huge US-based private military contractor infamous for a string of scandals. |
| Aegis Defence Services | PMC founded in 2002 by Cercle attendee Tim Spicer |
| ArmorGroup/North America | |
| Paul Barril | |
| Control Risks | A British private security company. |
| DynCorp | A long established private military contractor. Whistlevlowers have alleged that the group engages in child sex trafficking amongst other activities. |
| Executive Outcomes | A private military contractor which offered "Security management" and "full-service risk management consulting". It operated during the 1990s and boasted 500 military advisers and over 3000 military personnel, largely drawn from the South African Civil Cooperation Bureau. |
| Global Strategies Group | |
| Jim Hawes | Jim Hawes was a member of SEAL Team 2 (Class 29) and a CIA Contractor who gained notoriety by starting the "Congolese Navy" (Force Navale Congolaise) in support of CIA backed "Mad Mike" Hoare's exploits to put down the Rebellion in the Congo. Jim also hunted for Che Guevara who was in that part of the world at the time stirring up his brand of communism. |
| Janusian Security Risk Management | |
| Keenie Meenie Services | A private military contractor implicated in Iran Contra. Bought out in 1977 by Major David Walker (SAS). |
| Military Professional Resources Inc. | |
| Phoenix Close Protection | |
| Sabre International Security | A PMC which profited big in Iraq from the war and then vanished when the going was not good. |
| Saladin Security Ltd | |
| Sandline International | |
| South African Institute for Maritime Research | A private military milita that worked closely with the South African apartheid regime |
| Turi Defense Group |
