Private military company
Company providing armed combat or security services
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| March 2024 | Intelligence Online reported an ad circulated by former French special forces soldiers seeking 3000-4000 foreign recruits, backed by Abu Dhabi-based Manar Military Company (MMC), suggesting the UAE's potential establishment of an elite foreign legion. |
| February 2023 | Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signs a decree allowing Gazprom to launch a mercenary army. |
| January 2022 | Wagner Group begins deployment in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting alongside Russian Armed Forces in early 2022. |
| December 2021 | Amendments were made to the Code, removing references to Signatory Companies and replacing them with terms 'Members and Affiliates'. |
| December 2020 | Anita Ramasastry, Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, addressed the ICoCA Annual General Assembly, highlighting the organization's role in implementing UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. |
| 2019 | Deborah D. Avant and Kara Kingma Neu publish 'The Private Security Events Database' in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, contributing to systematic research on private military companies. |
| February 2019 | FSG signs a preliminary deal with the Chinese government to establish a training base in Kashgar, Xinjiang. |
| November 2018 | FSG incorporates a subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a mandate to extract minerals and timber and conduct financial operations. |
| January 2018 | Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for legislation to 'protect' PMC employees, with Duma member Mikhail Yemelyanov authoring a related bill. |
| September 2015 | Prior to September, PMCs were Russia's only pseudo-military presence in Syria. |
| 2014 | The Wagner Group emerged after the Slavonic Corps fiasco and was given an instructional role for local Basharite militias in Syria. |
| 2014 | Frontier Services Group (FSG), founded by Erik Prince, begins establishing close ties with Chinese state-owned firms, providing security, logistics, and aviation services for Chinese companies across Asia, Africa, and Europe in connection with China's Belt and Road Initiative. |
| October 2014 | Two Slavonic Corps recruiters were jailed for violating Article 359, facing three years of imprisonment. |
| 2013 | The Slavonic Corps, contracted by the Assad regime in Syria, experienced significant losses with 100 out of 267 hired fighters perishing in a firefight with ISIS in October. |
| September 2013 | The International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) was officially launched. |
| February 2013 | The 'Articles of Association' of the International Code of Conduct for Private Military and Security Company's Association were adopted. |
| 2012 | Vladimir Putin suggested to the State Duma to consider legalizing Private Military Companies (PMCs). |
| October 2012 | The Moran Security Group (MSG) crew aboard the Myre Seadiver was arrested in Nigeria. |
| November 2011 | Members from three stakeholder communities (governments, companies, and civil society organizations) chose representatives for a temporary steering committee to develop governance and oversight mechanism documents for the Code. |
| 2010 | Eeben Barlow introduced the Private Military Company (PMC) concept to Russia, presenting at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and to representatives of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. |
| September 2010 | A conference concluded in September, drafting the International Code of Conduct, facilitated by the Swiss government, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, involving representatives from Private Security Providers, industry associations, governments, and NGOs. |
| January 7 2010 | Jennifer K. Elsea from the Congressional Research Service releases a report on 'Legal Issues' surrounding Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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