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Drug and Crime

Liberia: Gongloe Demands Independent Probe Into Cocaine Crisis

Monrovia — As Liberia grapples with the fallout from its largest-ever cocaine seizures, renowned Liberian lawyer and politician Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has issued...

⁠Liberia: EFFL Demands Suspension of Police IG Coleman Over Liberia’s Drug Crisis

Paynesville — The Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia (EFFL) has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to immediately suspend Liberia National Police Inspector General...

Liberia: Two Months Into the Biggest Cocaine Cases, Questions of Accountability Mount

Monrovia – Two months into Liberia’s biggest-ever drug cases, a troubling question remains unanswered: who is actually being held accountable? By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected] Foreign...

Liberia: Five LDEA Leadership Changes in Two Years—Senator Konneh Warns Liberia Cannot “Change the Figurehead” and Cure the Cancer

MONROVIA— President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s decision to replace the leadership of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency marks the latest turn in a revolving door...

Liberia: Boakai Replaces Biago, Taps Ex-Defense Chief Ziankahn to Lead LDEA Amid Cocaine Probe

MONROVIA — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has appointed retired Major General Daniel Dee Ziankahn Jr. as Director General of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency...

Liberia: Boakai Appoints Ziankahn to Lead LDEA, Suspends Biago Over Ethics Concerns

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has dismissed Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Officer-in-Charge Fitzgerald T. M. Biago over allegations he received a vehicle from...

Liberia: Ex-LDEA Airport Commander Rearrested Allegedly Attempting to Leave Country in $19.2M Cocaine Case

Monrovia — Moses Jallah, the former Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) deputy commander at Roberts International Airport, has been rearrested after allegedly attempting to...

Liberia: Inside the Deadline That Could Define President Boakai’s War on Drugs

"A Detailed Report Within Forty-Eight Hours" The presidency did not wait for the controversy to cool on its own. The Minister of Justice has been...