In an article written by William Fisher, the woes of Blackwater just keep getting deeper and deeper.

New charges filed against private security contractor Blackwater accuse the
company of murder, destruction of audio and videotaped evidence, distribution
of controlled substances, tax evasion, child prostitution, and weapons smuggling.

The new charges were filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act (RICO) by several of the Iraqi civilians who were injured or who lost family
members when Blackwater personnel opened fire in Nisoor Square in Baghdad in
September 2007.

The new allegations, which have been added to an ongoing civil lawsuit in
Virginia federal court, charge that then Blackwater chairman Erik Prince “has
created an enterprise that has engaged in a series of illegal acts that suffice
as RICO predicate acts extending over a substantial period of time beginning
at least in 2003.”

The complaint alleges that Xe-Blackwater “created and fostered a culture
of lawlessness amongst its employees, encouraging them to act in the company’s financial interests at the expense of innocent human life … and contrary to the interests of the U.S. military and State Department, and the nation of Iraq.”

The suit also seeks a court order requiring Erik Prince to “divest himself
of any direct or indirect interest in the RICO Enterprise or dissolve the RICO
Enterprise after making due provision for the rights of innocents, imposes
reasonable restrictions on Prince’s future activities or investments, and prohibits Prince from engaging in any mercenary or private military business.”

Blackwater still holds lucrative government contracts in Afghanistan and elsewhere and is reportedly marketing “CIA-type services” to Fortune 1000 companies through Prince’s Total Intelligence Solutions.

The complaint alleges that Xe-Blackwater, “in addition to hiring persons
known (or should have been known) to use steroids and other judgment-altering drugs, has been hiring as mercenaries former military officials known to have been involved in human rights abuses in Chile.”

It contends that “Xe-Blackwater knows that the former Chilean commandos
hired by Xe-Blackwater received amnesty from punishment for their wanton disregard
of human rights in exchange for being forbidden from taking part in any military or security activities in Chile.”

The suit also charges that “Xe-Blackwater has been hiring mercenaries
from the Philippines, Chile, Nepal, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras,
Panama, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Jordan, and perhaps South Africa.”

America’s number one private army is in deep do-do.  Never fear the cash from Blackwater will continue to pour into the Repub coffers.