Portfolio, 2013. 4.7–9 “Executive Outcomes is the model on which all Private Military Companies (PMCs) operating in Iraq and Afghanistan are based. Founder Eeben Barlow in the early 1990s originally ...

The expanding presence of China-based companies in Latin America, and the security problems they have experienced there, creates an inherent demand for Chinese private security companies.

In-depth: A recent ruling awarding millions to Abu Ghraib torture victims has rekindled interest in the role that private security companies play in Iraq.

As security concerns continue to mount in Pakistan, it remains to be seen whether these private security firms can ...