DUBAI – A United Nations report accuses Blackwater founder Erik Prince of aiding and abetting an international arms embargo on Libya, which the diplomat with access to the report says is endangering the military contractor for UN sanctions .
The report by the UN expert team that monitors the ban on the transfer of weapons to Libya says that companies run by Mr. Prince controlled, provided three aircraft to send helicopters and military contractors to help Russian-backed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in 2019.
The plan to send Western mercenaries to Libya developed when foreign weapons and fighters entered the country in 2019 and 2020 from a variety of outside powers, including Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, deepening the conflict that has raged since 2014. is underway, reported according to the diplomat.
According to the New York-based diplomat and a former official with knowledge of the situation, Prince is likely to be referred to the UN Sanctions Committee, which could freeze his assets or a travel ban. The permanent members of the Security Council, including the US, Russia or China, could impose any possible sanctions on Mr. Prince, who has had all three countries, veto.
“Erik Prince had absolutely nothing to do with any operation in Libya in 2019 or at any other time,” a spokesman for Mr. Prince said in an email.