Inside the ‘violence-for-hire’ model that is reshaping European security
04-10-2026 07:00 via heraldscotland.com

Inside the ‘violence-for-hire’ model that is reshaping European security

As the RAF Fairford incident takes another twist, Foreign Editor David Pratt examines how it has thrown the spotlight on the murky alliance of organised crime and geopolitics.
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