Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by Barrin92 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:25PM
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You think Blackwater would fly in Germany or France?
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by atemerev on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:54PM
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Germany: Asgaard Security Group
France: Wagram Protection, Secopex, and many others.
PMCs are everywhere.
Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by Barrin92 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:38PM
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the last time I heard something about asgaard was years ago but as far as I know they're almost exclusively in personal security.
It's true that on the fringes there are private intelligence companies but the way the US has used PMC's, which at some point outnumbered american soldiers in the middle east, is a privatization of war not really thinkable in europe.
Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by atemerev on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:59PM
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If the UK is part of Europe, there are Aegis, Erinys, Control Risks, STEPP, and many others. In France, there are Æneas, Anticip, Corpguard, Défense Conseil International (linked to French government), GEOS, KB (they specialise in private arms trading), etc.