DynCorps had very bad records already. The fact is 80 percent of human trafficking is for laboronly 20 5. In 2009, DynCorp employees hired a 15-year-old adolescent boy to strip dance for them. But US diplomats cautioned against an "overreaction" and said that approaching the journalist involved would only make the story worse. ", is not the only DynCorp employee to blow the whistle and sue the, at the time she reported such officers were paying forprostitutes and participating in sex-trafficking. The State Department has called bacha bazi a widespread, culturally accepted form of male rape.. Later in 2004, DynCorp was involve in a child pornography video scandal in Colombia By the Huffington Post: In October 2004 it was revealed that DynCorp contract workers operating at Tolemaida Air Base in Colombia distributed a video in which they could be observed sexually violating underage girls from the town of Melgar. WebKathryn Bolkovac, an American policewoman, was hired by DynCorp Aerospace in Aldershot for a UN post aimed at cracking down on sexual abuse and forced prostitution [98], In the late 1990s two employees, Ben Johnston, a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic, and Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. International Police Force monitor, independently alleged that DynCorp employees in Bosnia engaged in sex with minors and sold them to each other as slaves. They should be sending a clearmessage that it won't be tolerated. [105] Bolkovac co-authored a book with Cari Lynn titled The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice. Nonetheless, the Lawyers Collective of Colombia has not learned of any criminal investigation undertaken in relation to these acts involving minors. She found evidence that some UN officers were taking part in the trafficking of young women from Eastern Europe as sex slaves. Fact. [124][125] Although initial reports blamed the company and claimed four Afghans were killed in the accident, Sayed Abdul Ghaffar, the head of the Kabul police criminal investigations division, told The New York Times that the Afghan driver had caused the accident and said only one Afghan died in the wreck. Looking at these facts, he said, he wanted CSTC-A in charge. In Africa DI Development strengthened government financial management in Ghana, assisted in peace and recovery advancement in Uganda, and led anti-corruption programs in Madagascar, Malawi, and Nigeria. [27], In 1987 Dynalectron changed its name to DynCorp. The clientele were all internationals, Bolkovac said. Among its notable awards is its unbroken record of having received a contract in every round of competition under the United States Air Force-managed Contract Field Teams (CFT) program since the CFT program started in 1951. The incident occurred at the International Police Training Centre in Zarqa. [103] Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. According to Hirtz's own sworn statement to CID, there appears to be littledoubt that he did indeed rape one of the girls with whom he is shown havingsexual intercourse in his homemade video. TheU.S. says it wants to eradicate trafficking of people, has established an officein the State Department for this purpose, and yet neither State nor thegovernment-contracting authorities have stepped in and done an investigationof this matter." Is it the guy who buysthe girl to give her freedom, the one who kidnaps her and sells her or the onewho liberates her and ends up having sex with her? Evidently, avoiding behavior that might aid, even if only indirectly, illegal conduct by foreign nationals is not its concern. "The Bosnians think we're all trash. We thank you all for your support through the years with your likes, shares, and comments. Johnston reports that he had been in Bosnia only a few days when he became aware of misbehavior in which many of his DynCorp colleagues were involved. Charlene Wheeless, a spokeswoman for DynCorp, vehemently denies anyculpability on the part of the company, According to Wheeless, "The notion thata company such as DynCorp would turn a blind eye to illegal behavior by ouremployees is incomprehensible. "[29], With the reductions in military spending in the 1990s, DynCorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market. Many times they are then raped or killed. [72], In 2010 DynCorp International acquired Phoenix Consulting Group to expand the company into intelligence training and solutions. [91], DynCorp delivers training for multiple sectors, including security sector reform, interior and defense personnel in underdeveloped nations, and law enforcement. He disclosed that he has arrested two Afghan police and nine other Afghans as part of an MoI investigation into Afghans who facilitated this crime of "purchasing a service from a child." [109] The auditors stated that the program was mismanaged to such an extent that they were unable to determine how the money was spent. WebNo DynCorp employee has ever been criminally prosecuted for any of these crimes. Middle-aged men having sex with 12- to 15-year-olds was too much for BenJohnston, a hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blewthe whistle on his employer, DynCorp, a U.S. contracting company doingbusiness in Bosnia. He received his onlyreprimand from DynCorp one day prior to the sting on the DynCorp hangarwhen Johnston was working with CID. "Thebottom line is that DynCorp has taken what used to be a real positive program that has very high visibility with every Army unit in the world and turned it into a bag of worms. Poor quality was the major issue." [88] DynCorp supported the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf with vehicle searches, roving patrols, and explosive-detecting dogs. WebIn 2002, the year Epsteins aircraft fleet stands accused of flying underage teen girls, some between the ages of 12 and 15, coincides with Dyncorps trafficking in underage [79] DynCorp International was also given a $17.1 million task order to provide leadership to military personnel of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actually, there is nothing in the DynCorp code of ethics that is remotely applicable to this situation. For a day you could barely hear anything over the din produced by private military and security contractor officials patting themselves on the back and congratulating themselves over this supposed achievement. He laughs bitterly recallingthe work habits of a DynCorp employee in Bosnia who "weighed 400 poundsand would stick cheeseburgers in his pockets and eat them while he worked. 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CID: Did you know you were being videotaped? They talk about it and brag about how much they pay for them - usually between $600 and $800. In fact, there was this one guy who had to be 60 years old who had a girl who couldn't have been 14. I believe that my co-worker could have survived if he had been riding in an armored car. DynCorp Child Trafficking, Sexual Entrapment, Asset Seizure. WebChild Trafficking: Myth vs. As part of that contract DynCorp will open, operate and manage Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply facilities at nine Air Force and Navy locations. He is the operator of a nightclub by the name of Harley's that offers prostitution. "What you have here is a Lord of the Flies mentality. The position came with higher pay than the Lincoln Police Department, and it could eventually allow her to live near her children, who she lost in the divorce. Combating He tells INSIGHT, "I noticed there were problems as soon as I got there, and I tried to be covert because I knew it was a rougher crowd than I'd ever dealt with. These guys would say 'I gotta go to, this weekend topick up three girls.' [27] By 1986 Dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in North America. [119], On July 30, 2010, a riot broke out when an Afghan car and a DynCorp vehicle crashed on a road near Kabul International Airport. [81] The U.S. Defense Department gave DynCorp the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of its mentor-protege arrangement with CenterScope Technologies, in which it provided coaching in development of new markets, establishing international operations and in worldwide logistics. After learned about the media involvement, Cheryl D. Mills, while being Counselor of the United States Department of State, sent an e-mail to Hillary Clinton to heads up about the scandal, stating the importance of dealing with the story before it went public. [90], Culpeper National Security Solutions is a unit of DynCorp. [33] The deal was agreed on 7 July 2010. Kevin Glasheen, Johnston's attorney, says flatly of this: "It's DynCorp's effortto undermine Ben's credibility. Many were either simply jailed or deported, at which point law enforcement on the other side forced them back into prostitution. It's a shame. "[29] As well he "oversaw DynCorp contracts to operate missile test ranges for the Defense Department, develop vaccines for the National Institutes of Health and install security systems in U.S. embassies for the State Department. The Mills e-mail continued: "The first, site supervisor, John Hirtz (later fired for, was on the ground and saw firsthand what the military was, is that DynCorp just needs a warm body - that's the DynCorp slogan. He insisted that a journalist looking into the incident should be told that the story would endanger lives, and that the US should try to quash the story. He understood that within DynCorp there were many "wonderful" people working hard, and he was keen to see proper action taken to protect them; but, these contractor companies do not have many friends. [111], On October 11, 2007, a DynCorp security guard in a U.S. State Department convoy killed a taxi driver in Baghdad. Kunduz is a northern province of Afghanistan. One should be able to figure that out without having to contact headquarters for guidance. [citation needed] In 1988 DynCorp went private to avoid a hostile takeover by Miami financier Victor Posner, via an employee initiative led by Daniel R. [19], In December 2000 DynCorp formed DynCorp International LLC, and transferred all its international business to this entity. In 2010 the film The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave, was released. But the US embassy was legally incapable of honoring Atmar's request that the US military should assume authority over training centers managed by DynCorp. Kelly Patricia O'Meara is an investigative reporter for Insight. These cases got progressively worse, Bolkovac continued, until I actually had a U.S. contractor who was an American police officer working with me actually tell me that he had purchased a woman outright from one of the bar owners right outside Sarajevo, and taken her home to keep and to marry and to take back to the States with him.. DynCorp leadership was 100 percent in bed with the mafia over there. Later I learned that he had videotaped himself having sex with two girls and CID has that video as evidence. One would hope that these people wouldn't need to be told that they can't buy women, but you have to start off by laying the ground rules. They'd have us replace windows in helicopters that weren't bad just to get paid. Navy. Dyncorp, hired to perform police duties for the UN and aircraft maintenance for the US Army, were implicated in prostituting the children, whereas the companys Bosnia site supervisor filmed himself raping two women. We have to show that there was acausal connection between Ben's whistle-blowing about the sex trade and hisbeing fired. ", was fired by this company. That theseguys have some kind of immunity from prosecution is morally outrageous. He continued to predict that publicity would "endanger lives." [53] DynCorp flies and maintains Grumman S-2 Tracker fire retardant air tankers and OV-10A aircraft, and maintains and services civilian UH-1H Super Huey helicopters flown by CAL FIRE pilots. 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