Australia's offshore contracts: how millions were spent for dubious outcomes

Paladin is only one of the companies brought in at huge expense to run crucial services for vulnerable people on Manus and Nauru

Benham Satah knows Manus better than most. A Kurdish refugee, Satah has been there six years, stuck on an island prison despite having committed no crime.

He was there when Paladin, a little-known security outfit, took over a $423m deal to provide services to asylum seekers. Satah has met with Paladin’s leaders and heard the promises they made. From the outset, the arrangement seemed strange.

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