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If proven guilty, these charges can lead to Prince facing travel ban and freezing of all of his assets
A major ally of the reality TV star and former US President, Donald Trump, did violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, a United Nations report has concluded.
Erik Prince is the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent Trump supporter.
The New York Times received a confidential UN report which, as per the media house, reveals that Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to eastern Libya in 2019 along with attack aircraft, gunboats and cyberwarfare capabilities.
Declan Walsh, The New York Times
Published: 20 Feb 2021 08:30 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Feb 2021 08:30 PM BdST Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, heads to a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Nov 30, 2017. Prince offered to supply weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan militia commander seeking to overthrow the government, according to UN investigators. (Zach Gibson/The New York Times)
Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to UN investigators.