American security contractor Erik Prince, a close ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, violated the U.N. arms embargo against Libya along with three United Arab Emirates-based companies and their top managers during an operation to help a rebel military commander take the capital Tripoli, U.N. experts said.
In a key section of a report to the U.N. Security Council obtained Sunday by The Associated Press, the panel of experts outlined a well-funded private military company operation called Project Opus designed to provide military equipment to eastern-based commander Khalifa Hifter.
The Project Opus plan also included a component to kidnap or terminate individuals regarded as high value targets in