Generally, that is what people call a no-brainer. DynCorp Govt Contracts Need To Be Reviewed. CID spent several weeks working the investigation and the results appear to support Johnston's allegations. Aviation support including emergency response air programs,[45] aircraft maintenance,[46] theater aviation support management,[47] helicopter maintenance support,[48] supportability and testing. Poor quality was the major issue." [17] In 1999 DynCorp moved its headquarters to Reston, Virginia. It is precisely these allegations that Johnston believes got him fired. [70][71] In Latin America DI Development implemented anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability programs in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama, and provided democracy and governance initiatives in Mexico, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic. As the ever zealous Ms. Sparky has already noted: The tradition of Bacha Bazi "boy play" is alive and well in Afghanistan. If I was going to be fired or laid off, Iwanted it to be because of my work performance and not because he was not happy with me." [104], In 2002 Bolkovac filed a lawsuit in Great Britain against DynCorp for unfair dismissal due to a protected disclosure (whistleblowing), and won. [34], In December 2011 the company hired Michael Thibault, former co-chairman and commissioner of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC), as vice president of government finance and compliance. [44][62] It also received the task order to provide theater aviation support management for US Army helicopters in Europe (TASM-E). The clientele were all internationals, Bolkovac said. Hirtz: YesCID: Did you have intercourse with the second woman after she said "no" to you? The name "Dynalectron Corporation" was selected from 5,000 employee suggestions. Web"No DynCorp employee has ever been criminally prosecuted for any of these crimes. DynCorp was ultimately ordered to pay a pittance for Bolkovacs wrongful termination and fired seven employees who never faced criminal prosecution. A DynCorp van would pick us up every morning and you could smell the alcohol on them. 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. He isvery concerned about the CID investigation; however, he views it mostly as a DynCorp problem. Signatory Companies will, and will require their Personnel to, remain vigilant for all instances of sexual or gender-based violence and, where discovered, report such instances to competent authorities. 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. To her point, peacekeepers were found to have raped locals at a U.N. base in Haiti in September 2011, resulting in mass protests. ISOA's code also says, "Signatories will be guided by all pertinent rules of international humanitarian and human rights laws including as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). [52], DynCorp has been working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known as CAL FIRE) to suppress and control wild land fire. We can do that. McCaffrey had previously served as White House "Drug Czar", where he shaped future federal public-private partnership in drug enforcement policy. This corruption flew all the way to the top of the United Nations and to our State Department and diplomats, Bolkovac said. The incident occurred at the International Police Training Centre in Zarqa. Rees wisely noted that despite being an American corporation, DynCorps contract with her was governed under the laws of England.. We have to show that there was acausal connection between Ben's whistle-blowing about the sex trade and hisbeing fired. DynCorp provided services for the U.S. military in several theaters, including Bolivia, Bosnia, Somalia, Angola, Haiti, Colombia, Kosovo and Kuwait. That is immoral andhypocritical, and if DynCorp is involved in this in any way it should forfeit itscontract and pay restitution in the form of training about trafficking." Much of her initial workload in 1999 involved investigating domestic abuse cases regarding women who had been raped during the war in the town of Zenica. [32], On April 12, 2010, DynCorp International announced a conditional deal to be acquired by private equity investment firm Cerberus Capital Management for $17.55 per share ($1 billion). [19] In 1976 Dynalectron established headquarters in McLean, Virginia. [91], DynCorp delivers training for multiple sectors, including security sector reform, interior and defense personnel in underdeveloped nations, and law enforcement. This video was even sold on the main streets of Bogot. "[29], With the reductions in military spending in the 1990s, DynCorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market. ISOA's Code of Conduct clearly states "Signatories shall respect the dignity of all human beings and strictly adhere to all applicable international humanitarian and human rights laws.". [18][19] California Eastern Airways diversified into multiple government aviation and managerial jobs, airlifted supplies for the Korean War, and was responsible for the White Sands Missile Range (a client that DynCorp has retained for 50 years). (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Ambassador Mussomeli discussed a range of issues with Minister of Interior (MoI) Hanif Atmar on June 23. [38][39][49], In 2012 DynCorp played a key part in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flight as it made its way from the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando to the California Science Center in Los Angeles aboard NASA's specially crafted Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). Evidently, avoiding behavior that might aid, even if only indirectly, illegal conduct by foreign nationals is not its concern. 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. About 200 federal, state, and local agencies partnered with the The negative impact of just those two cases cannot be overstated. Its a pre-Islamic Afghan tradition, banned by the Taliban, where boys as young as ten are passed around a group of middle-aged men for their sexual gratification with the possibility to lead to the auction of the young boys. According to CID, which sought guidance from the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate inBosnia, "under the Dayton Peace Accord, the contractors were protected from Bosnian law which did not apply to them. Rape isa crime no matter where it occurs and it's important to remember that evenprostitution is against the law in Bosnia. DynCorp spent many years trying to move past the bad publicity resulting from these cases. But it didnt take long for Bolkovac to realize that DynCorp was engaging in the kinds of human rights violations it was meant to combat. This same man, according to Johnston, "owned a girl who couldn't have been more than 14 years old. That'sabsurd. Trump Wants to Shake Up the CIA http://nypost.com/2017/01/04/trump-wa FB Group #HRCRatLine He pressed for CSTC-A [Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan] to be given full control over the police training program, including contractors. Women are sold hourly, nightly or permanently." Hefurther admitted to having purchased weapons (against the law in Bosnia) and it was Werner who turned over to CID the videotape made by Hirtz. [citation needed] By the time of his retirement in 2003, Shapiro notes that Bannister "oversaw the acquisition of more than 40 companies [and] was credited with helping to mold an aviation services company into a sprawling conglomerate that employed 24,000 people and earned $2.4billion in annual revenue. [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. Is this the only hope that America have? The Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command all have or soon will have their headquarters on Redstone Arsenal. While most recently in April of 2017 the Vice President of Business Development for DynCorp, James Grazioplene, was arrested for molesting children in the 1980s, this was during his term as an officer in the United States Army. CID: Did you have sexual intercourse with the second woman on the tape? 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.' DynCorp was only forced to pay Bolkovac around $153,000 in damages,a pittance in contrast to its earnings and fired only seven employees for solicitation. They knew of no [, ] federal laws that would apply to these individuals at this time. [12][13] The company held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first Contract Field Teams contract in 1951. We can't stress strongly enough that, asan employee-owned corporation, we take ethics very seriously. Nonetheless, the now-grandmother of six hopes that her story inspires those who similarly find themselves in a position to prevent injustice. [21] Due to its growing size, the company restructured into four main operating groups: Specialty Contracting, Energy, Government Services, and Aviation Services. "What you have here is a Lord of the Flies mentality. She fled the country with a backpack stuffed with investigative reports. As of 2014 no one had been prosecuted. But this problempermeated their business and management and they made business decisionsto further the scheme and to cover it up. [19] At this time, revenues for the company reached $6 million. What he wanted to talk about most was how I am going to fix the maintenance problems here and how the investigation is going to impact our ability to fix his airplanes." Evidence of the involvement of some DynCorp employees came from two whistleblowers, Kathryn Bolkovac and Ben Johnston. Dyncorp personnel had young children living with them for sex and house choirs. To be fair, I doubt any other PMC is any different. DynCorp standsby its decision to terminate [whistle-blower] Ben Johnston, who was terminatedfor cause." They manage installations for military bases for the Department of Defense and the Department of State, and provide security services, fire and rescue emergency services, and IT/telecommunication services. I believe that my co-worker could have survived if he had been riding in an armored car. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [27] By 1986 Dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in North America. CID: Did you know you were being videotaped? [37], DynCorp International provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, strengthen law enforcement, and eliminate terrorism. Just be forewarned, this is not an easy road ahead of you.. 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. But US diplomats cautioned against an "overreaction" and said that approaching the journalist involved would only make the story worse. On June 2, 2000, members of the 48th Military Police Detachment conducted a sting on the DynCorp hangar at Comanche Base Camp, one of two U.S. bases in Bosnia, and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning. This was one of two cases involving DynCorp and sexual scandal in Bosnia. In particular, DynCorp supports a military base camp in Kosovo, providing power plant maintenance, fueling services, and grounds maintenance. DynCorp Child Trafficking, Sexual Entrapment, Asset Seizure. [75] Dyncorp International employs 300 intelligence professionals to offer highly specialized training for intelligence, counterintelligence, special operations and law enforcement personnel. "[108] The report states that the findings of DynCorp's misconduct on a $188 million job to buy weapons and build quarters for the Iraqi police were serious enough to warrant a fraud inquiry. CID: Who do you think said "no"? I didn't get any results from talking to DynCorp officials, so I went to Army CID and I drove around with them, pointing out everyone's houses who owned women and weapons. There were big-time drinking issues. [80], DynCorp president Steven Schorer expects the training and support logistics for the military and intelligence community to grow significantly in the coming years. 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.. @amentum_corp #defense #aviation #landsystems #govcon", Computer Sciences Plans to Acquire DynCorp, Fuel Hopes Spur Dynalectron; Work Begun on Process in 1963, Dynalectron Seeks to Buy Hydrocarbon Research Stock, "Group Raises DynCorp Bid to $267 Million", "Daniel R. 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", , members of the 48th Military Police Detachment conducted a sting on the DynCorp hangar at Comanche Base Camp, one of two, , and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning. This also makes you wonder how serious DynCorp is about its ethics. [8][9] The corporate headquarters were in an unincorporated part of Fairfax County near Falls Church, Virginia, while the company's contracts were managed from its office at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. Johnston is not the only DynCorp employee to blow the whistle and sue thebillion-dollar government contractor. DynCorp's involvement in Endeavour's final flight was part of a contract NASA awarded to the company in April 2012 to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support at various locations throughout the country. It soon developed conveniently, according to Johnston's attorneys, that he wasimplicated by a DynCorp employee for illegal activity in Bosnia. [16] California Eastern Airways was founded by a small group of returning World War II pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business. [31], In 2006 DynCorp International went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol But I think once the jury hears this case, thataccusation is only going to make them more angry at DynCorp. This video was even sold on the main streets of Bogot. But everything changed when a young girl who had escaped a local brothel was brought into Bolkovacs office. [94] The plaintiffs are preparing to appeal the dismissal. Looking at these facts, he said, he wanted CSTC-A in charge. This is avery distressing story - especially when you think that these people andorganizations are going into these countries to try and make it better, torestore a rule of law and some civility." I set it up. On the other hand, the conduct of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) is disciplined. DynCorp has worked as a partner for supporting the Air Force's fleet of 39 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft program since 1997. "The Bosnians think we're all trash. An e-mail from Dyncorp's Bosnia site supervisor, John Hirtz (later fired foralleged sexual indiscretions), explains DynCorp's position in Bosnia. One time he fell asleep with a torch in his hand and burned a hole through the plastic on an aircraft." We employ investigative research and journalism to provide critical information on corporate malfeasance and profiteering around the world to foster a more informed public and an effective democracy. 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Sadly for DynCorp, the attendees recorded the whole thing, and one copy ended up in the hands of a reporter who started to investigate the case. According to several witnesses, the taxi did not pose a threat to the convoy's security. The worst thing I've seen is a DynCorp e-mail after this first came upwhere they're saying how they have turned this thing into a marketing success,that they have convinced the government that they could handle somethinglike this." But if it doesn't ISOA does have a grievance procedure where anyone can make a complaint about one of its member companies. Kathryn Bolkovac arrived in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1999. To summarize the plot, in Bosnia in 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.S. policewoman served as a U.N. peacekeeper. Funny they should mention that as the Declaration has some provisions relevant to dancing boys: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. They even granted DynCorp a contract to provide support for the Criminal Justice Program Support (CJPS), which ironically involved teaching people about criminal justice and law enforcement. Here are the relevant parts of the cable: 1. The mix of drunkenness and working on multimillion-dollar aircraft upon which the lives of U.S. military personnel depended was a serious enough issue, but Johnston drew the line when it came to buying young girls and women as sex slaves. Scientists Just Discovered The First Known Case Of The Plague In A 5,000-Year-Old Skeleton, 32 Photos That Capture The Shocking Violence Of The 1968 Democratic National Convention, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. ", was working with CID. But DynCorp was nervous. Kathryn Bolkovac was fired from DynCorp when she brought concerns over the company engaging in human trafficking in Bosnia. DynCorp appealed the verdict, but then dropped it in April 2003, mere days before it announced an enormously lucrative contract with the U.S. State Department to police Iraqs civilian population during the then-nascent days of the War on Terror.. [103] Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. [105] Bolkovac co-authored a book with Cari Lynn titled The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice. DynCorp has admitted it fired five employees for similar illegal activities priorto Johnston's charges. [42] They have also provided air operations support in Iraq, including search and rescue, medical evacuations, and transporting quick reaction forces. It's not like I don't drink or anything, but DynCorp employees would come to work drunk. [66] The company supports existing bases in Southern Afghanistan, builds new ones as needed, and provides base support services.[67]. For more on dancing boys see this PBS Frontline documentary "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan," broadcast last year. [19], By 1961 California Eastern Aviation needed a new name to reflect the growing and diversifying company. Some of the individuals involved report being forced into sex. Given this incident it is easier to understand why earlier this year Karzai issued a decree calling for the dissolution of all private security companies by the end of the year, an edict that has since been slightly watered down. They knew of no [U.S.] federal laws that would apply to these individuals at this time." On February 15, 2013, the court granted summary judgment to DynCorp, dismissing the sole remaining human health and medical monitoring claims Ecuadorian plaintiffs had brought in connection with counternarcotic aerial herbicide spraying operations in southern Colombia. According to follow-up work carried out by the Lawyers Collective it was discovered that one of the minors involved in the videos committed suicide some time after the publication of them.. This was something that was going to actually hamper the good old boys club.. WebSAN JOSE A federal jury convicted Araceli Mendoza today of conspiracy and sex trafficking of children, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds Basically you've got abunch of strong men who are raping and manipulating young girls who havebeen kidnapped from their homes. 2021CorpWatch, all rights reserved. [17][19], In 1951 Land-Air Inc., which implemented the first Contract Field Teams (teams of technicians that maintained military aircraft for the United States Air Force), was bought by California Eastern Aviation Inc.[19][20] DynCorp still holds the contract 50 years later, maintaining rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. After learning about Kathryn Bolkovac, read about the debunked child-trafficking conspiracy, Pizzagate. Though shed made many enemies, Bolkovac made at least this one strong ally: Madeleine Rees, the leading U.N. official for gender issues. As for U.N. Secretary-General Klein, he went on to spearhead a similar peacekeeping mission in Liberia where remarkably similar scandals unfolded. Evidently the episode sparked Afghan demands that contractors and private security companies be brought under much tighter government control. The CID agents did not ask any of the men involved what the ages of the"women" were who had been purchased or used for prostitution. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Women are sold hourly, nightly or permanently. Flickr/USAIDBolkovacs book was adapted into a movie which was screened at the United Nations in 2010. DynCorp is just as immoral and elite as possible, and any rule they can break they do. It's a total fraud." From the Huffington Post about the Bosnia incident: its employees accused of rape and the buying and selling of girls as young as 12.. How we can be sure her ideals wont be corrupted by big money? [36], On November 23, 2020, Amentum, a contractor supporting U.S. federal and allied governments, announced that it has closed the acquisition of DynCorp International (due to multiple human trafficking cases), a provider of sophisticated aviation, logistics, training, intelligence and operational solutions in over 30 countries worldwide. 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. 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. ", military personnel depended was a serious enough issue, but, drew the line when it came to buying young girls and women as sex slaves. Child trafficking was a global crisis and one of the fastest growing criminal activities, with about 1.2 million being trafficked worldwide each year, he said. (C) Atmar said there was a larger issue to consider. They should be sending a clearmessage that it won't be tolerated. WebThe employees of DynCorp that were involved in the child sex slave trafficking were merely fired from their positions. Of course this incident happened before the ICOC was signed, so it is irrelevant in this case. In a May 2009 meeting interior minister Hanif Atmar expresses deep concerns that if lives could be in danger if news leaked that foreign police trainers working for US commercial contractor DynCorp hired "dancing boys" to perform for them. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers. [50][bettersourceneeded][51] DynCorp mechanics worked with NASA and other support contractors performed maintenance and inspection services to the SCA. A week later he received a letter of, 's attorneys, that he wasimplicated by a DynCorp employee for illegal activity in, 's attorney, says flatly of this: "It's DynCorp's effort, steps up and says, 'We don't have any jurisdiction'? As a result of this mentoring CTSI's revenue grew from $5 million to $32 million in 18 months. Nonetheless, the Lawyers Collective of Colombia has not learned of any criminal investigation undertaken in relation to these acts involving minors. 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