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News

Forget Secret Meetings, Mercenaries Can Find Work on A Job Board

07.29.21

By Ben Makuch
Tech

The Pinkertons Are Still Messing With Workers, Now for Amazon

12.03.20

By Ben Makuch
News

The quiet quadrupling of Canada’s private security sector

03.02.18

By Chris Arsenault
News

Trudeau government spends millions on the mercenary firm formerly known as ‘Blackwater’

02.27.18

By Ben Makuch
News

Erik Prince thinks mercenaries can solve Libya’s human trafficking problem

11.30.17

By Greg Walters
News

Erik Prince thinks he’s the Elon Musk of privatized warfare

09.01.17

By Alexa Liautaud
News

U.S. appeals court throws out Blackwater murder conviction

08.04.17

By Alexa Liautaud
Trump Aides Asked Mercenary Companies for Advice on Afghanistan

07.11.17

By Drew Schwartz
News

Blackwater founder says EU should hire companies like Blackwater to deal with the migrant crisis

01.03.17

By Noah Kulwin
A Former Special Forces Soldier Is Setting Up a Massive Private Military Facility in Ontario

02.12.16

By Sandro Frenguelli
News

How the US May be Egging On the Growth of the Islamic State in Central Asia

06.11.15

By John Dyer
Four Former Blackwater Mercenaries Are Going to Prison for Slaughtering Iraqi Civilians

04.14.15

By Matt Taylor

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Gaming

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Gaming

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