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How Ex-SEAL on Child Rescue Mission Became Island Kingpin

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

A mercenary tied to a Trump-friendly nonprofit got rights in 2019 to take over the controversial development of a Haitian island.

William Bredderman
William Bredderman 

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William Bredderman

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Senior Researcher

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