Non-ESG Deal Flow?

Recently been requested to look for unconventional companies and deal flow, some of which would probably be considered non-ESG or otherwise uninvestable by many funds. Examples include weapons, private military contractors, payday lending, adult entertainment, stuff like that.
 

Anyone have ideas on advisors or brokers that play in those space? Obviously weapons would probably be within A&D groups of most banks but a lot of this stuff looks like it’d be done out of smaller boutiques that don’t have large shareholder / public facing concerns.

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Just here to say payday lending is a fun sector. A lot of skeevy folks but if you can get past that, my goodness the $$$ generation is juicy when a company gets it right. Don't know many banks who market themselves as the "go-to" guys for most of those industries you've listed though.

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