Analysis
Liberia: A Mystery Vessel, a Prison, and a Warning Nobody Answered
MONROVIA — There is a version of this story in which the boat behind the Monrovia Central Prison is nothing more than a stray vessel, pushed toward shore by...
Breaking News
BREAKING: Second Mystery Vessel Seized in Liberia, Two Foreign Nationals Held Amid Drug Probe
Liberia's joint security forces are in control of yet another mysterious vessel — this time docked behind the Monrovia Central Prison — where two...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: McGill Rejects Costa’s Drug Cartel Allegation, Demands Evidence
Monrovia — Senator Nathaniel F. McGill has strongly rejected allegations by political commentator Henry Pedro Costa seeking to link him to an alleged drug...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Pres. Boakai Sacks Justice Minister, Solicitor General Amid $336M Cocaine Bust Probe
Monrovia — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has removed Justice Minister and Attorney General Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh and Solicitor General Cllr. Augustine Fayiah from...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: In US$19m Cocaine Case: 10 Indicted Over 200kg Haul, US$100k Bribe Plot
MONROVIA — A Montserrado County Grand Jury has indicted 10 defendants in connection with the alleged trafficking of a 200-kilogram cocaine shipment through Roberts...
Drug and Crime
One Woman, half a Billion Dollars: The Question Liberia’s Drug Investigation hasn’t Answered
As former President George Weah touches down in Monrovia, the two record-breaking drug busts that started this saga — nearly half a billion dollars...
Legal Issues
Liberia: Ex-VP Jewel Howard Taylor’s Drug Case Delayed as Defense Seeks Medical Records, Cardiologist
MONROVIA — The preliminary hearing in the government’s drug trafficking and money laundering case against former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has been delayed as...
Drug and Crime
Liberian Statesman Intensifies Call for Police Inspector General to Recuse Himself From US$317M Cocaine Investigation
Monrovia – United States-based Liberian statesman and Pleasantville City Council member, James D. Barclay, has intensified his call for Liberia’s Inspector General of Police, Colonel Gregory...
News
Rep. Marvin Cole Rallies Bong County Behind Jewel Howard-Taylor, Alleges Selective Justice in Drug Case
MONROVIA – Bong County District #3 Representative Marvin Cole is calling on residents of Bong County to unite in support of former Vice President...
News
Liberia: ANC Demands Independent Probe Into Narcotics Case, Warns Against Selective Justice
Monrovia — The Alternative National Congress has called for an independent, transparent and impartial investigation into Liberia’s ongoing narcotics probe, warning the government against...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: How a Mystery Ship Exposed a Nations’s Blind Spots
By Rodney D. Sieh | [email protected]
MONROVIA — Liberia is a small country with a long memory for how badly things can go wrong when...