Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
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0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
68/100
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Liberia has charged former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and a range of other offences as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network.
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Liberia → publish → network
She was detained on Wednesday before being able to board a flight at Roberts International Airport in the capital, Monrovia, the country's justice ministry confirmed.
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ministry → detain → capital
Police chief Gregory Coleman has linked her to the seizure last month of cocaine valued at $317m (£233m).
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Coleman → link → 317
The 63-year-old politician has yet to make any public comment about the charges.
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politician → have → charges
The BBC has contacted her lawyer for comment.
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BBC → contact → comment
Howard-Taylor went into politics after her now ex-husband, former President Charles Taylor, left power.
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husband → go → power
He was a former rebel leader who was elected Liberia's president in 1997, remaining in office until 2003.
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who → elect → 2003
Charles Taylor was later arrested and convicted by a UN-back court of aiding and abetting rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 civil war, in which some 50,000 people died.
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people → arrest → which
Several years later, George Weah picked Howard-Taylor as his running mate and she served as his deputy during his presidency from 2018 until 2024.
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she → pick → 2024
Howard-Tayor faces charges including the unlicensed importation, sale and transportation of controlled drugs, illicit trafficking, criminal solicitation and criminal facilitation.
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Tayor → face → drugs
Police have charged three foreign nationals - two Croatians and one Ukrainian - in absentia as part of their investigation.
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Police → charge → investigation
They are accused of being part of the same network as the former politician.
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Liberian Justice Minister Oswald Tweh said the authorities would use domestic and international measures to locate and arrest them.
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authorities → say → them
Liberia has stepped up a crackdown on cocaine trafficking, following two major seizures in June and July.
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Liberia → step → June
Almost four tonnes of cocaine believed to be bound for Europe were found during the raid in July.
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tonnes → believe → July
The authorities described it as Liberia's biggest drug bust and said it had uncovered a sophisticated transnational trafficking network.
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it → describe → network
The investigation has since extended to senior figures within Liberia's security establishment.
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investigation → extend → establishment
The government says its investigations are aimed at identifying not only those directly involved in transporting drugs, but also financiers, organisers and people accused of helping to protect the operation.
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investigations → say → operation
"No office is too high, no political connection is too powerful, no nationality provides immunity, and no individual is beyond the reach of the law," it said in a statement.
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it → provide → statement
West Africa has increasingly been used as a major transit route for cocaine trading from South America to Europe, with traffickers exploiting porous borders and weak enforcement in parts of the region.
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traffickers → use → region
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