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Op-Ed on Military Privatization

• 21 December 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, United States of America, USA
Tags: Afghanistan, ArmorGroup, Claire McCaskill, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Contracting, Demining, G4S, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Independence, landmines, Private security companies, Privatization, public-private partnerships, Senate, Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, The Examiner

Maslen Weighs into Turkey Demining Debate

• 4 June 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Turkey
Tags: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Demining, ICBL, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, International NGOs, land rights, landmines, NGOs, Stuart Casey-Maslen, Stuart Maslen, Sudan, Turkey

Zim Times Reports Links Between MineTech Founder and ZANU-PF Defense Minister

• 28 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Zimbabwe
Tags: Commercial companies, commercial demining, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Exploration Logistics, Lionel Dyck, Mine Tech, MineTech, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Times

‘Commercial Tendering Linked to Demining Accidents’

• 13 December 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Bosnia
Tags: Afghanistan, Andrea Rossini, Bosnia, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Demining, landmines, Osservatorio Balcani, Sudan

US State Dept. Quick Reaction Force Contract Awarded to DynCorp

• 2 October 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in General
Tags: Commercial companies, commercial demining, DynCorp, Iraq, Mozambique, Quick Reaction Demining Force, Quick Reaction Force, RONCO, Sri Lanka, State Department, Sudan, US State Department, WRA

MineTech Founder Drawn into Zimbabwe Political Dispute

• 13 September 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Zimbabwe
Tags: Commercial companies, commercial demining, Lionel Dyck, MineTech, Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean Army

State Dept to Rebid Mine Action and Weapons Abatement Contract

• 12 August 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in General
Tags: ArmorGroup, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Demining, DynCorp, Group 4 Securicor, landmines, private security, RONCO, SALW, small arms and light weapons, US State Department, WRA

Commercial Demining and Security Industries Consolidating, Merging

• 5 August 2008 • 7 Comments

Posted in General
Tags: Afghanistan, Angola, ArmorGroup, BAE Systems, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Demining, DENEL, DynCorp, EODT, G4S, Group 4 Securicor, landmines, Mechem, MineTech, Private security companies, Privatization, privatization of security, RONCO, Royal Ordnance, Swiss Peace Foundation, UXB

Dealing with ‘Clandestine Structures’ in Conflict Zones

• 31 July 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, General, Sudan
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Haroun, BHMAC, Bosnia, Commercial companies, Corruption, DanChurchAid, Demining, HALO Trust, International Criminal Court, International NGOs, ITF, Kojic, Landmine Action, landmines, Local NGOs, Norwegian People's Aid, Organized crime, Private security companies, RONCO, SLR, SPLA, SSDC, Sudan, Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines, UNIPAK, UNMACA, UNMAO, US State Department, USAID

Deadend for Prosecution of ‘Karadzic Supporting’ Former Deminer?

• 30 July 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bosnia
Tags: Bosnia, Commercial companies, Corruption, Demining, ICTY, Ilic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslav, Karadzic, Kojic, landmines, MEDECOM, NATO, Organized crime, State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, TerraProm, UNIPAK, war crimes

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