Drug and Crime
Liberia: Drug Cartel Unravels, Over 3,971 Kilograms of Cocaine Worth US$318 Million Seized; Colombian, Serbian, Liberians Arrested
VOA COMMUNITY, PAYNESVILLE — Edison Brown and his associates never saw it coming. Brown and several Liberians linked to a cocaine trafficking ring were...
Drug and Crime
Experts: New EU Anti-Drug Policy Could Put Liberia Under Increased Scrutiny as Dutch Push for Sierra Leone Aid Cut Over Fugitive Trafficker
Monrovia – In the wake of the fallout from the US$19 million cocaine seizure at Roberts International Airport (RIA), the new European Union anti-narcotics...
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Liberia: Simeon Freeman Calls President Boakai a ‘Drug Peddler,’ Demands Answers on US$19.21 Million Drug Case
Monrovia – The political leader of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), Simeon Freeman, has sharply criticized President Joseph Nyuma Boakai over the government’s...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Key Suspect in $19M Liberia Drug Bust Attended Birthday Party at Private Bar, Weeks Before Seizure, Witnesses Say
MONROVIA — Weeks before a US$19 million cocaine shipment was intercepted at Roberts International Airport (RIA), Usman Ali — now charged in the case...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Cummings Smells Collusion Into US$19M Cocaine Saga, Rallies Calls for Independent Probe and International Assistance
Monrovia –The Political leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander Benedict Cummings, has intensified pressure on the Unity Party-led government over its handling...
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Liberia: ANC’s Cummings Demands International Probe into US$19 Million Cocaine Bust
Monrovia – As investigations into the US$19 million cocaine seizure continue, political pressure is mounting on the Boakai administration to ensure a transparent and...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: What Paul King, Drug Bust Investigators Agreed on Prior to Return, Arrest
Monrovia – As investigation into the massive cocaine seizure at Roberts International Airport (RIA) enters the courtroom, one question continues to dominate public discussion:...
Drug and Crime
Liberia: Link Established Between Persons of Interest in US$19 Million Drug Bust and Dutch Fugitive, Leijdekkers
Monrovia – George Leroy Harris and Jonathan Adama Momolu both hold Dutch passports. Momolu, a co-owner of Private Bar in Paynesville, was picked up...