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STATE BUSINESS
2010-
Following an investigation for war crimes in Iraq, Erik Prince sold his private military firm Blackwater, after which he moved on to form and join several ventures in Asia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and South Africa, expanding his business network throughout Africa and the Middle East. Prince currently co-owns the logistics and security firm Frontier Resource Group together with a Chinese state owned trust investment corporation, CITIC Group. He also runs a number of disposable firms, all tasked with providing support to governments in armed conflicts, some of which involve US interests.
For at least six years Prince has chaired the UAE company, Reflex Responses, with, in conjunction with Colombian firm Thor, recruited and delivered ex military personnel from Columbia to war in Yemen.