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Erik Prince Charged for Turning Crop Dusters Into War Planes

Austrian prosecutor charges Prince and others with criminal charges for violating country's War Neutrality law

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Matthew Cole
May 18, 2023
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Austrian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against America’s most notorious mercenary for a scheme to modify and arm two American-manufactured crop dusters into attack planes.

Erik Prince, the scion of a Midwest automotive fortune and founder of the private military company once known as Blackwater, could face up to five years in an Austrian priso…

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