The deployment by Vectus Global is meant to help the government of Haiti recover vast swaths of territory seized in the past year and now controlled by heavily armed gangs.

Prince’s new security firm, Vectus Global, which is already present in Haiti, will intensify its operations in the Caribbean nation to help authorities battle heavily armed criminal groups and win ter

Erik Prince said his firm, Vectus Global, will run security operations and manage tax collection under a 10-year contract with Haiti. However, the Blackwater founder did not provide details on the cost to Haitians.