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Dossier No. 13 · Money — the lure of gain

WIGMO Against Bob Denard

Spies & mercenaries

classified
Protagonist
Anstalt WIGMO (CIA) / Bob Denard
Period
1964-1971
Nature
Secret war
Main location
Kinshasa, DR Congo · DR Congo
MICE motive
Money — the lure of gain

A CIA front company registered in Liechtenstein, WIGMO maintained a clandestine air fleet in the Congo (1964-1967) and employed mercenaries, among them the Frenchman Bob Denard, to keep Mobutu in power against the rebellions and Tshombe.

On the ground

  • Kinshasa / DRC
  • Bukavu
  • Liechtenstein
  • Boufarik / Algiers
  • Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
  • Luanda (Angola)
  • Rwanda

Route: Liechtenstein → Kinshasa · Kinshasa → Algiers · Bukavu → Luanda (Angola) · Kinshasa → Rhodesia · Bukavu → Rwanda

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