[33] The deal was agreed on 7 July 2010. Here is the Guardian with the story: US diplomats cautioned against an overreaction and said that approaching the journalist involved would only make the story worse. 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." [106][107], According to The New York Times, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) found that "DynCorp seemed to act almost independently of its reporting officers at the Department of State, billing the United States for millions of dollars of work that were not authorized and beginning other jobs without a go-ahead. But everything changed when a young girl who had escaped a local brothel was brought into Bolkovacs office. [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). 6. [10] It also provided much of the security for Afghan president Hamid Karzai's presidential guard and trained much of the police forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. 2006. WebThe New York-based Somaly Mam Foundation, set up by a Cambodian woman who was trafficked as a child, estimates there are 2.7 million people enslaved globally, 85 per cent "This is more than one twisted mind. Even U.N. Secretary-General Jacques Paul Klein, who was in charge of the mission, was informed. For example one might think the section in its Code of Ethics and Business Conduct about protecting the company's image might clue an employee in to the reality that hiring dancing boys is not a good idea. I mean, lets face it: the locals didnt have the money to spend on this kind of an operation., Indeed, the operation was expansive. Then I went tomy supervisors, including John Hirtz, although at the time I didn't realize howdeep into it he was. Part of HuffPost Business. Amb Mussomeli responded that going to the journalist would give her the sense that there is a more terrible story to report. 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. Media reports indicated that some DynCorp employees purchased trafficked women and children as well as benefiting from free sex in brothels. [112], A January 2010 SIGIR report assessed that oversight of DynCorp police training contracts by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs found that INL exhibited weak oversight of the DynCorp task orders for support of the Iraqi police training program. DynCorp provided services for the U.S. military in several theaters, including Bolivia, Bosnia, Somalia, Angola, Haiti, Colombia, Kosovo and Kuwait. Bolkovac was suddenly fired for allegedly falsifying timesheets that same year. She ultimately alleges that peacekeepers, U.N. workers and international police are visiting brothels and facilitating sex trafficking by forging documents and aiding the illegal transport of woman into Bosnia. Kathryn Bolkovac was demoted to a desk job after raising sex trafficking concerns. Deflem, Mathieu, and Suzanne Sutphin. There is a lot of evidence that shows this waswhat they were doing and that it went all the way up the management chain." Kathryn Bolkovac arrived in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1999. About 200 federal, state, and local agencies partnered with the Johnston was on the ground and saw firsthand what the military wascomplaining about. We're here to prove a retaliation case, not convictDynCorp of participating in the sex-slave trade. We thank you all for your support through the years with your likes, shares, and comments. "The Bosnians think we're all trash. [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. [81], Two DynCorp American employees were among the five killed in Jordan by a co-worker on 9 November 2015. [102], On June 2, 2000, an investigation was launched in the DynCorp hangar at Comanche Base Camp, one of two U.S. bases in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning. The outraged attorney pauses for breath. Dont be afraid to speak out. That theseguys have some kind of immunity from prosecution is morally outrageous. [72], In 2010 DynCorp International acquired Phoenix Consulting Group to expand the company into intelligence training and solutions. A DynCorp van would pick us up every morning and you could smell the alcohol on them. Atmar added that he also wanted tighter control over Afghan employees. Paragraph 38 clearly states: Signatory Companies will not benefit from, nor allow their Personnel to engage in or benefit from, sexual exploitation (including, for these purposes, prostitution) and abuse or gender-based violence or crimes, either within the Company or externally, including rape, sexual harassment, or any other form of sexual abuse or violence. Hirtz: I don't recall her saying that. DynCorp also performs supportability and safety studies as well as off-site aircraft safety and spill containment patrols and aircraft recovery services. He isvery concerned about the CID investigation; however, he views it mostly as a DynCorp problem. ", "Dynalectron to Study Plan For Chinese Synfuel Plant.". 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. 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. Rape isa crime no matter where it occurs and it's important to remember that evenprostitution is against the law in Bosnia. Hillary Clinton may be in favor of women and children, but If she is still able to accept donations stained with the blood, tears and sweat of the victims of a questionable corporation as DynCorp, How we can trust her? They talk about it and brag about how much they pay for them - usually between $600 and $800. This is not a goodbye; we are just moving to Amentum. "What you have here is a Lord of the Flies mentality. to begin a three-year U.S. Air Force contract with DynCorp as an aircraft-maintenance technician for Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. At the time, the armored car that he would otherwise have been riding in was being used by the contractors manager to transport prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad.. Finally, after a series of ineffective raids at various establishments, Bolkovac decided to officially blow the whistle. [68] DI Development provides humanitarian aid, reconstruction to conflict and post-conflict areas, and governance reforms. "Thebottom line is that DynCorp has taken what used to be a real positive program that has very high visibility with every Army unit in the world and turned it into a bag of worms. Kathryn Bolkovac accepted the job at DynCorp shortly after she divorced her husband. WebThe former US policewoman Kathryn Bolkovac was hired in 1999 by DynCorp Aerospace for a UN post aimed at cracking down on sexual abuse and forced prostitution in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. It had only been four years since the Bosnian War, and regional authorities needed all the help they could get in stabilizing the region. (C) Atmar said there was a larger issue to consider. The name "Dynalectron Corporation" was selected from 5,000 employee suggestions. [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. [60] The U.S. Air Force chose DynCorp to supply support services for the military's T-6 and T-6B trainer aircraft. [66] The company supports existing bases in Southern Afghanistan, builds new ones as needed, and provides base support services.[67]. [19], In 1952 the company, renamed California Eastern Aviation, Inc., merged with Air Carrier Service Corporation (AIRCAR), which sold commercial aircraft and spare parts to foreign airlines and governments. 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.. He is the operator of a nightclub by the name of Harley's that offers prostitution. [116][117], In 2009 DynCorp contractors paid a 15-year-old Afghan Bacha Bazi performer to perform lap dances and entertain them in Kunduz. [44][62] It also received the task order to provide theater aviation support management for US Army helicopters in Europe (TASM-E). Among the issues discussed was what diplomats delicately called the "Kunduz DynCorp Problem." [109] The auditors stated that the program was mismanaged to such an extent that they were unable to determine how the money was spent. 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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. This same man, according to Johnston, "owned a girl who couldn't have been more than 14 years old. [118][121][122][123] In response to the incident, DynCorp fired four senior managers and established a chief compliance officer position, which focused on ethics, business conduct, related investigations, and regulatory compliance. [19] In the 30 years since the foundation of CEA, Dynalectron had acquired 19 companies in 30 years, had assets of $88 million, maintained a backlog of $250 million, employed 7,000, and had annual sales of $300 million. DynCorp International made several acquisitions in 2009 and 2010 to adapt to the defense sector's shift towards diplomacy and development work, in particular acquiring an international development firm in order to enter the international aid community. Rees thus introduced Bolkovac to Karen Bailey, a lawyer in Birmingham, England, with whom she sued DynCorp for wrongful termination in June 2001. "My main problem," he explains, "was [sexualmisbehavior] with the kids, but I wasn't too happy with them ripping off thegovernment, either. In 2009, DynCorp employees hired a 15-year-old adolescent boy to strip dance for them. But the US embassy was legally incapable of honoring Atmar's request that the US military should assume authority over training centers managed by DynCorp. I always told these guys what I thought of what they were doing, and I guess they just thought I was a self-righteous fool or something, but I didn't care what they thought." Werner tells CID, "I told him [Hirtz] I had a copy and that all I wanted was to be treated fairly. 4. WebKathryn Bolkovac, an American policewoman, was hired by DynCorp Aerospace in Aldershot for a UN post aimed at cracking down on sexual abuse and forced prostitution [89] It also provides personal security to many regions of Iraq and Afghanistan. This also makes you wonder how serious DynCorp is about its ethics. CID spent several weeks working the investigation and the results appear to support Johnston's allegations. 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. [19], In 1964 Dynalectron diversified into the energy services business with the acquisition of Hydrocarbon Research, Inc.[22] Through this acquisition Dynalectron developed a process called H-Coal, which converted coal into synthetic liquid fuels. That'sabsurd." After the email made its rounds, Bolkovac was demoted to a desk job. Meanwhile, she accumulated files and documents that could substantiate her claims. DynCorp is one of the signatories to this. [119], On July 30, 2010, a riot broke out when an Afghan car and a DynCorp vehicle crashed on a road near Kabul International Airport. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. [53] DynCorp flies and maintains Grumman S-2 Tracker fire retardant air tankers and OV-10A aircraft, and maintains and services civilian UH-1H Super Huey helicopters flown by CAL FIRE pilots. They knew of no [U.S.] federal laws that would apply to these individuals at this time." The message we're sending to kids isthat it's okay for America's representatives to rape children. She found evidence that some UN officers were taking part in the trafficking of young women from Eastern Europe as sex slaves. [102] DynCorp had fired five employees for similar illegal activities prior to the charges. 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.. Kelly Patricia O'Meara is an investigative reporter for Insight. Kady, Martin, II, "DynCorp Rallies the Troops to Keep Up with the Demand,", Lemke, Tim, "DynCorp Could Gain More Business from Defense,", McCance, McGregor, "Initiative Helps Keep Computing Systems Updated in Virginia,", Wakeman, Nick, "DynCorp Revs Up 'Horsepower' in Gov't Market,", Wreden, Nick, "Unblinking Customer Focus,", This page was last edited on 5 November 2022, at 20:28. Aviation support including emergency response air programs,[45] aircraft maintenance,[46] theater aviation support management,[47] helicopter maintenance support,[48] supportability and testing. 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. [97], According to Human Rights Watch, there is substantial evidence that points to the involvement of DynCorp contractors in trafficking of women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as violence against them. Werner tells CID, "I told him [Hirtz] I had a copy and that all I wanted was to be treated fairly. This was captured on video. There was this one guy who would hide parts so we would have to wait for parts and, when the military would question why it was taking so long, he'd pull out the part and say 'Hey, you need to installthis.' [61], DynCorp International has been the incumbent recipient of helicopter maintenance and support contracts supporting the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Johnston is not the only DynCorp employee to blow the whistle and sue thebillion-dollar government contractor. [96], Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992. I'd tell them that it was wrong and that it was no different than slavery - that you can't buy women. [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. Nonetheless, the now-grandmother of six hopes that her story inspires those who similarly find themselves in a position to prevent injustice. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. [37], DynCorp International provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, strengthen law enforcement, and eliminate terrorism. These guys would say 'I gotta go to, this weekend topick up three girls.' [91], DynCorp delivers training for multiple sectors, including security sector reform, interior and defense personnel in underdeveloped nations, and law enforcement. [30] After the sale, CSC retained the rights to the name "DynCorp" and the new company became DynCorp International. He received his onlyreprimand from DynCorp one day prior to the sting on the DynCorp hangarwhen Johnston was working with CID. [118][119][120] A Wikileaks cable released after the incident stated that the Afghan interior minister at the time, Hanif Atmar, asked the assistant U.S. ambassador to try to "quash" both the story and release of video from the incident. We talk about thefuture of the children, helping to build economies, democracy, the rule of law,and at the same time we fail to prosecute cases like this. Occurs and it 's important to remember that evenprostitution is against the law in Bosnia C ) atmar there. 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