Tag: Liberia National Police
-
🇱🇷 Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Sent to Monrovia Central Prison as Court Denies Release Request
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 25, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been remanded to the Monrovia Central Prison after a Monrovia City Court denied a request by her lawyers for her release on humanitarian grounds, escalating a high-profile narcotics investigation that has shaken the country’s political establishment. Howard-Taylor, who served as Liberia’s…
-
🇱🇷 Liberia’s Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Charged in Transnational Drug Trafficking Probe
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 19, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network, according to Liberia’s government. (Reuters) The development marks a dramatic escalation in Liberia’s ongoing investigation into a major cocaine trafficking…