The Big Money in the World of Private Security Contractors

Private Military Contractor's have been heavily involved in modern armed conflicts around the world, providing strategic advice and training to military personnel of many countries. Although these companies started out solely providing support services, they quietly have been taking over combat missions and are beginning to set a new precedent in modern warfare.

They have most notably been involved alongside regular military forces in Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Africa and South America, where government troops have failed to stop militias or terrorist organizations operating within their borders.

As of March 2013, private contractors represented 62 percent of the armed forces in Afghanistan. And from 2001 to 2011, the U.S. government spent $3.3 trillion dollars on PMC’s. At one point the State Department relied on at least 218,000 private contractors for protective services.

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