is a private military company pmc which is registered in the dominican republic and has offices in the united kingdom and ukraine . the firm also has an address in lexington in kentucky united states . its president and ceo is us army retired lieutenant colonel robert w. kovacic . contents 1 history 2 services 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in april 2003 the company was criticized by baroness symons of vernham dean for operations in c te d ivoire that seriously undermine the peace process . 1 in may 2003 northbridge commandos rescued dozens of oil workers being held hostage on an oil rig . 2 in june 2003 the company offered to kidnap embattled liberian president charles taylor for 4 million . 3 the offer was rejected and northbridge was subsequently investigated by the fbi . 4 the firm hit the news in late 2003 when it announced it was seeking an investor to fund an operation to seize the disgraced ex liberian president charles taylor who had been granted asylum in nigeria at the time . 5 northbridge claimed that it had personnel that were ready to kidnap taylor for a 2 million reward which had been offered by the united states congress . 5 a director at the firm pasquale dipofi said that any potential investors in the operation would be able to split the profits with the firm . 5 services edit northbridge services group claimed to provide governments multi national corporations non governmental organisations the corporate sector and prominent individuals with advice training operational support intelligence support humanitarian operations strategic communications support for law and order see also edit aegis defence services executive outcomes sandline international references edit lords hansard text for 3 apr 2003 230403 w02 vidal john 3 may 2003 . oil rig hostages are freed by strikers as mercenaries fly out . the guardian . london . dogs of peace corpwatch liberia northbridge services group under investigation a b c bbc 11 december 2003 . firm seeks charles taylor bounty . bbc news . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title northbridge services group & oldid 664913082 categories private military contractors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 20 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view