According to Michel Koutouzis, a leading criminologist whose French-registered consulting company does research for EU and UN institutions, as many as 500 European mercenaries have also joined the colonel's ranks.
Prema riječima Michela Koutouzisa, vodećeg kriminologa čija konzultantska tvrtka koja je registrirana u Francuskoj provodi istraživanja za institucije EU i UN-a, oko 500 europskih plaćenika također se pridružilo redovima pukovnika.