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UN protects Balkan Sex Industry. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)

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Ben Johnston, a former employee of DynCorp (a Virginia-based defense contractor), was fired from his aircraft maintenance job in Kosovo after filing complaints against what he described as the "perverse, illegal and inhumane behavior" of the firm's employees.

A Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) lawsuit filed on behalf of Johnston alleges that DynCorp employees working as part of the ongoing UN-commanded occupation of Bosnia and Kosovo have purchased "illegal weapons, women, forged passports and [participated in] other immoral acts. Johnston witnessed coworkers and supervisors literally buying and selling women for their own personal enjoyment, and employees would brag about the various ages and talents of the individual slaves they had purchased." Some of the "sex slaves" were allegedly as young as 12 years old.

"Rather than acknowledge and reward Johnston's effort to get this behavior stopped, DynCorp fired him, forcing him into protective custody by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), until the investigators could get him safely out of Kosovo and returned to the ...

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