BLACKWATER FOUNDER AIDED LIBYA: UN REPORT

Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former u.s. president donald Trump, “at the very least” helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a un report seen by reuters.

Independent un sanctions monitors accused Prince of proposing a private military operation — known as ‘Project Opus’ — to Libya’s eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar in April 2019 and helping procure three aircraft for it.

A spokesperson for Prince denied the accusations in the annual un report, which was submitted on Thursday to the Security Council’s Libya sanctions committee and is due to be made public next month.

The report described Prince’s proposal as “a well-funded private military company operation” designed to provide Haftar with armed assault helicopters, intelligence surveillance aircraft, maritime interdiction, drones and cyber, intelligence and targeting capabilities.

“The Project Opus plan also included a component to kidnap or terminate individuals regarded as high value targets in Libya,” the monitors wrote.

Prince — the brother of Trump’s education secretary, betsy devos — founded the private security firm blackwater.