Arms Smuggling On September 22nd, 2007, Federal prosecutors announced an investigation into whether Blackwater employees illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, that were later possibly transferred to the PKK, a Kurdish nationalist group designated a terrorist organization by the U. S. State Department. The investigation is being handled by North Carolina U.S. Attorney's Office with assistance from auditors of the Defense and State departments. Officials state that there is enough evidence to file charges as told to The Associated Press on September 22nd. [81] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Security