List of private military contractors

The following is a list of notable private military contractors and companies.

Africa

South African companies

• Executive Outcomes, (ceased operations on January 1, 1999; apparently restarted operations in November 2020)^[1][2][3]

Americas

Peruvian companies

• Defion Internacional

US companies

Asia

Turkish companies

• SADAT International Defense Consultancy

Europe

French companies

• GEOS^[4]

German companies

• Asgaard – German Security Group

Gibraltar companies

• STTEP, registered in Gibraltar, mainly uses former SANDF forces.

Polish companies

• European Security Academy

Russian companies

• E.N.O.T. Corp.
• Fakel
• Patriot
• Redut (till 2022)
• Slavonic Corps
• Wagner Group (till 2023)

Spanish companies

• UC Global

UK companies

Oceania

Australian companies

• Paladin Group (security company)
• Unity Resources Group

See also

• List of mercenaries
• List of private security companies

References

1. Mirror of Executive Outcomes' official website in 1998, from archive. org. Accessed January 2012.
2. Eeben Barlow's autobiography: Executive Outcomes – Against all Odds. Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 2012.
3. Esau (i_esau), Iain (2020-12-03). "Africa awaits: Mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes is reborn | Upstream Online". Upstream Online | Latest oil and gas news. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
4. "#2 Le marché français des ESSD : quelle évolution à terme ? — RNMPS". Rendre notre monde plus sûr (in French). 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
5. Norton-Taylor, Richard (April 23, 2009). "Foreign Office to propose self-regulation for private military firms". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
6. "G4S hit by new scandal over immigration detention centre: Private companies should not be doing this sort of work". The Independent. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
7. "Torture victims were wrongly imprisoned in UK, high court rules". The Guardian. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.