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So did she mention soldiers specifically? She worked for DynCorp, the allegations she made were against her fellow employees at DynCorp. DynCorp has the contract to provide police officers for the 2,100-member UN international police task force in Bosnia which was created to help restore law and order after the civil war.Bolkovac has also filed a case against DynCorp under Britain's new Public Interest Disclosure Act designed to protect whistleblowers. As well as reporting that her fellow officers regularly went to brothels, she also investigated allegations that an American police officer hired by DynCorp had bought a woman for $1,000.
very good the figures in Bosnia were different I guess you have heard of IFOR and Operation Joint Endeavour? At its height IFOR numbered 54000 troops. TROOPS. This was just in country there were 80 000 in total
yes she mentioned soldiers specifically. Her contract was underwritten in the UK from what I understand
Where does she mention them "specifically" and where does she mention "Child sex trade"? I can't see anything, what's the link you are using?
In 1999, Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkovac noticed an ad for jobs with DynCorp, a government contractor that was setting up monitors in Bosnia to work with local police officers and United Nations peacekeepers. The money was good, and Bolkovac, a recently divorced mother of three, was looking for a change. Little did she know what she'd find in Bosnia: a widespread seedy underbelly of UN officers and American military men participating in the trafficking of Eastern European girls — some as young as 12. With the release of her new memoir, The Whistleblower (a movie based on it, starring Rachel Weisz, is out this summer), Bolkovac — now 48 and living in the Netherlands — talks trafficking, harassment, and what happens when you try to expose government-contracted Good Ol' Boys. Read more: UN Whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac Interview - Marie Claire
