The company will pay $42 million for violations that include illegal weapons export to Afghanistan and making unauthorized proposals to train troops in southern Sudan, The New York Times reported on Friday.

The company, now known as Xe Services, struck a deal with the U.S. state department to pay the fine in order to avoid criminal charges. This will also allow it to continue to obtain government contracts.
Xe Services still faces other legal troubles, including the indictment of five former executives on weapons and obstruction charges.
Two former guards have also been charged with murdering two Afghan civilians.
In the most notorious incident, Blackwater/Xe mercenaries killed at least 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007.
In the June 4 edition of The Wall Street Journal, it was reported that Xe's most recent government contract tasked the group with protecting CIA bases in Afghanistan.
The report was confirmed at the end of June by Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta during a TV interview, the newspaper wrote.
Blackwater/Xe mercs were hated by the Iraqis during their time in that country because they were able to kill many civilians with impunity.
(Source: Press TV)
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