Ⓐnarcho Queer • State-Funded Military Contractor Pays Fine For Illegally Selling Automatic Weapons And Body Army Across Seas, No Arrests Made

State-Funded Military Contractor Pays Fine For Illegally Selling Automatic Weapons And Body Army Across Seas, No Arrests Made

The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes.

Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina said the company, now called Academi LLC, agreed to pay the fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to settle 17 violations.

The list of violations includes possessing automatic weapons in the United States without registration, lying to federal firearms regulators about weapons provided to the king of Jordan, passing secret plans for armored personnel carriers to Sweden and Denmark without U.S. government approval and illegally shipping body armor overseas.

Federal prosecutors and law enforcement agents said the company, which has held billions in U.S. security contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, repeatedly flouted U.S. laws.

In 2010, the company reached a $42 million settlement with the Department of State as part of a settlement of violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations.

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    Why is it they never actually get prosecuted and do jail time?
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    No jail. Duh — jail is for poor black people, not international arms smugglers!
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