Blackwater Founder Erik Prince's New Company Is Operating In Iraq
Frontier Services Group has not publicly stated it is working in Iraq, but documents obtained by BuzzFeed News show it was registered there last year.
By Rosalind Adams
HONG KONG A Hong Kongbased security and logistics company founded by Erik Prince is working in the south of Iraq, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Prince, a former Navy SEAL and the brother of US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, is best known for founding Blackwater, a private mercenary company that was banned from Iraq after contractors opened fire on and killed unarmed civilians in Baghdad.
Backed by Chinese money, Prince started the Hong Konglisted Frontier Services Group (FSG) as a logistics company in 2014. Since then its expanded from operating Africa-based projects to offering logistics and security services for Chinas One Belt, One Road initiative, a global infrastructure strategy adopted by the Chinese government. FSG has additional offices in mainland China; Southeast Asia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A subsidiary of the company based in Dubai Frontier Logistics Consultancy DMCC registered as a foreign company with Iraqs Ministry of Trade, a document from February 2018 shows. The office is based in Basra, an oil-rich region in the south of the country, a source said.
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