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Groups
Haiti
Civilian Militia
Capois La Mort
Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) / Attaches / Zenglendons
Tonton Macoutes Informal PGM
Civilian Vigilantes
Sri Lanka
Yellow Cats
Green Tigers
People's Revolutionary Red Army
The Eagles of the Highlands
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Karuna Group/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO)
Black Cats
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Philippines
Forward Command-FC's
Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Citizens Against Communism Army (CACA)
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Civilian Volunteer Organisation (CVO)
Manila Crusaders for Peace and Democracy
The Lost Command
El Tigre
National Alliance for Democracy
Nigeria
Campus vigilante groups
Anambra State Vigilante Group / Onitsha Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Service (AVS) aka Scorpion Squad
Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch
Ghana
SEMACO
Patriots Club of Ghana
Civil Defense Organization
Mexico
PRI-ista Paramilitary Groups
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
White Guards (Guardias Blancas)
Israel
Civil Guard
Settlers
Village Leagues
Saudi Arabia
Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Afghanistan
Ismaili militia
Achekvai tribal militia
Southern tribal militia
Village defence force
Anti-Taliban Militia
Kandak Amniate Uruzgan
Thailand
Anti-Muslim death squad
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Papua New Guinea
Sandline International
Bougainville Resistance Force
Madagascar
Youth Awareness
Sudan
Ambororo
Anyanya II
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
Arab Pastoralists
People's Police
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Minni Minnawi Faction (SLM/A-MM)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - Nasir Faction (SPLM/A-Nasir)
Sudan People's Liberation Army - Bahr el Ghazal Group (SPLA Bahr el Ghazal)
Murahaleen
Janjaweed
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
South Sudan Defence Forces - Tanginya Faction (SSDF Tanginya)
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF)
South Sudan Unity Movement/Army (SSUM/A)
Murle Forces
Fertit Militiamen (Peace Army)
Mundari Commandos
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF/Khartoum)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United (SPLM/A-United)
Toposa Tribesmen
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United Lam Akol (SPLM/A-United Lam Akol)
South Sudan Defence Forces - informal (SSDF - informal)
Spain
Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL)
Gladio
El Salvador
Civil Defence Patrols
Death Squads
Peru
Comando Rodrigo Franco
Honduras
Death Squads linked to Battalion 316
Social Cleansing Squads
Guinea
Donzos Militia
Myanmar (Burma)
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
Former Communist Party Militia
People's Militia
Swan Arr Shin (Masters of Force)
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Mali
Ganda Izo
Greece
Gladio
Sweden
Gladio
Denmark
Gladio
Luxembourg
Gladio
France
Glaive Gladio
Ethiopia
Gumuz Militia
Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Estonia
Kaitseliit (Defence League)
Romania
Patriotic Guard
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic)
Popular Committees
Yugoslavia
Red Berets / Frenki's Boys / Grey Wolves
Serb Volunteer Army / Arkan's Tigers
Serbian Guard
Special Operations Unit (JSO)
Malaysia
RELA
Liberia
Vigilante Groups
Somalia
Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a
Raskamboni / Raas Kaambooni
Barre Hiiraale's Militia
United Kingdom
Gladio
Italy
Gladio
Netherlands
Gladio
Norway
Gladio
Switzerland
Gladio P26
Lithuania
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
Iraq
Awakening groups / Sahwa
Peace Brigades / Mahdi Army
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Suhada (KSS)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Saddam Kurdish Militia-Jash
Badr Brigade
Turkmenistan
Border Vigilantes
Fiji
Homelink Security
Serbia
Tsar Lazar Guards
Egypt
Mubarak's Thugs/Baltagiya
India
Home Guard
Salwa Judum
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Force Punjab
Solomon Islands
Malaita Eagle Force
Indonesia
Death Squad (I)
Hansip/Linmas
Kamra
Laksaur
Laskar Merah Putih
Makikit
Pemuda Panca Marga
Ratih - rakyat terlatih
Wanra
Tajikistan
Popular Front
Pakistan
Khasadar
Levies
Tribal Militia / Lashkars
United States
State Defence Forces
Nepal
Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Ukraine
Aidar Battalion
Azov
Battalion Ivano-Frankivsk
Dnipro-1
Donbas Battalion
International Police Corporation for Public Security (IPCPS)
Myrotvorets (Peacemaker)
Shakhtarsk
Ukrayina battalion
Guatemala
Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Civilian Defence Patrols (semi-official)
Eye for an Eye
Secret Anti-Communist Army
Social Cleansing Squads
The White Hand
Libya
17 February Martyrs Brigade
Al-Qa'qa' Brigade
Al-Sawaiq Brigade for Protection
Libya Revolutionaries' Operations Room (LROR)
Misratan Union of Revolutionaries (Misrata Brigades)
Raf'allah al-Sahati Brigade (Libyan Shield Force 3)
Special Deterrent Force (Anti-crime unit)
Supreme Security Committee (SSC)
The Libya Shield Force (National Shield)
Tripoli Military Council
Algeria
Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Angola
People's Vigilante Brigades
Executive Outcomes
Argentina
"Working Group" Death Squad
Austria
Gladio
Azerbaijan
SOCAR security guards
Emergencies Ministry paramilitary unit
Bahrain
National Guard
Bangladesh
Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar and VDP)
Bolivia
Special Security Service
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mujahidin Unit
Congo Kinshasa
White Legion
Mai Mai (Mayi Mayi)
ALiR (Army for the Liberation of Rwanda)
FDD (Forces for the Defence of Democracy)
FNL (National Liberation Forces)
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
Georgia
White Legion
Forest Brothers
The Hunters
Iran
Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Komiteh
Kyrgyz Republic
Patriots
Macedonia
Macedonian Lions
Sierra Leone
Executive Outcomes
The 'Bokkie' Crew
Civil Defense Forces/ Kamajors/ Kapras/ Donso/ Gbethis
South Africa
Red Ants/ Wozani Security
Kabasa
Witdoeke
Turkey
Village Guards
Anti-Kurd Death Squads
Gladio
Hizbullah
Uganda
Amuka
Arrow militia
Local Defence Units
Venezuela
Peasant/Campesino Militia
Ezequiel Zamora Military Front
Zimbabwe
People's Militia
Belgium
Gladio
Rwanda
Local Defence Force
Russia
Chechen Death Squads
Cossacks
Mestnyye
Shield of Moscow
Pro-government Chechen militia
Volunteer People's Militia
Young Russia
Germany
Schwert (Gladio)
Chile
September 11 Command
DICOMCAR
Colonia Dignidad
China
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Tanzania
Sungu Sungu
Colombia
Death To Kidnappers (Muerte a Secuestradores)
Paramilitary Self Defence Groups/Death Squads (semi-official)
Rural Defence Groups / Convivir
Soldiers from my Town
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Syria
Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Brigade
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (The League of the Righteous)