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SC/8175

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES TRAVEL BAN LIST

26/08/2004
Press Release
SC/8175

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES TRAVEL BAN LIST


On 25 August 2004, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to add the following three individuals to the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the Travel Ban List):


Mr. Martin George

Ms. Grace Minor

Mr. Edwin Snowe


The Committee further decided to update the Passport Number field for the following individual who is included on the Travel Ban list:  Mrs. Jewel Howard-Taylor


On 26 August 2004, the Committee decided to update the First Name and Date of Birth fields for the following individual who is included on the Travel Ban list:  Ms. Grace Minor.


The revised list is reproduced in full below.  Alternate spellings of names and alternate dates of birth are included in parenthesis.  The latest version of the list can also be accessed on the internet at the following URL:


http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/Liberia3/1521_list.htm


The Committee will continue to update the list on a regular basis.


LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

ALIAS

DATE OF BIRTH

PASSPORT

NUMBER

DESIGNATION/

JUSTIFICATION

ALLEN

Cyril


26 JUL 1952

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Chairman, National Patriotic Party.

BAH (BALDE)

(BA)


Ibrahim

BALDE

C1950

(15 JUL 1969)


Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds; involved in illicit diamond sales.

BOUT

Viktor Anatoljevitch

BUTT,

BONT,

BUTTE,

BOUTOV,

SERGITOV

Vitali

13 JAN 1967

(13 JAN 1970)


21N0532664

29N0006765

21N0557148

44N3570350


Businessman, dealer and transporter of weapons and minerals.

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

BRIGHT

Charles


29 AUG 1948

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Minister of Finance.

CISSE

M. Moussa


24 DEC 1946

(14 DEC 1957)

Liberian DPL PPT # D00154899

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Chief of Presidential Protocol.

COOPER

Gerald


10 JUN 1949

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Liberian Maritime Registry Liaison to International Maritime Organization.

COOPER

Maurice


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

COOPER

Randolph

(Randolf)


28 OCT 1950


Former director of Robertsfield airport. He was instrumental in the various violations of the arms embargo.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DAGO GNADRE

Raphael

Alexander GALLEY

18 AUG 1960


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DENNIS

James

‘Coco’ DENNIS

28 NOV 1956


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DENNIS

Wesseh


21 DEC 1953


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Consultant to Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs.

DESNOES

Gerard


16 JUL 1941

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

DOE

Gabriel


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DOLO

Adolphus Saye

(General)

General Peanut Butter


Aggressive opposition to UNMIL deployment. He falsely accused UNMIL of provocation. Renegade supporter of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

DOLO

Montgomery


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DRAGAS

Orhan


20 DEC 1972


Business partner of Slobodan TESIC. Involved in arrangements for transfer of arms to Liberia from Serbia (details in expert panel report S/2003/498).

DUNBAR

Belle


27 OCT 1963


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

DUNBAR

Jenkins


10 JAN 1947

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to Taylor.

Former Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy.

EGLI

Duane


Chief Executive Officer of Ducor World Airlines, which provided the Lockheed aircraft used to fly weapons to Liberia in August 2002.

ELDINE

Talal


14 APR 1955


Lebanese businessman. Paymaster of ex-President Taylor’s inner circle (details in expert panel report S/2000/1195).

ELDINE

Khalid


Informal Advisor to former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

GEORGE

Martin


Ambassador of Liberia to the FederalRepublic of Nigeria. Associate of former President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. Alleged to have provided funds to former President Taylor.

GIBSON

Myrtle


03 NOV 1952

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

GOODRIDGE

(GOODRICH)

Reginal B. (Sr.)


11 NOV 1952


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Minister for Culture, Information and Tourism.

JIBBA

(JEBBA)

Macifierran Momo 

Momoh GIBBA

4 MAY 1972


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Senior Aide-de-Camp to ex-President Taylor.

JOBE

Baba


1959


Arms Trafficker. Former Director of the Gambia New Millenium Air company. Former member of Parliament of the Gambia.

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

JOVAN

Aleksic


6 DEC 1950


Employee of the Serbian company Aviogenex that was involved in making the necessary arrangement to fly more than 200 tons of weapons to Liberia. He accompanied Tezic and Dragas on their trips to Liberia.

KADIMA

Pasti


D001993-00

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

KIIA TAI

Joseph Wong


Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

KLEILAT

ALI


10 JULY 1970

in Beirut


Lebanese National. Businessman, involved in arms delivery to Charles Taylor in 2003. Still, in relation with former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

KOFFI

(KOFI)

Zarr (Zack)

(General)


Renegade ex-GOL militia commander who has continued to cause mayhem in RivercessCounty.

KOUWENHOVEN(KOUENHOVEN)

(KOUENHAVEN)

Gus


15 SEPT 1942

Owner of Hotel Africa and President of the Oriental Timber Company.

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

MININ

Leonid

BLAVSTEIN,

BLYUVSHTEIN,

BLYAFSHTEIN,

BLUVSHTEIN,

BLYUFSHTEIN


KERLER, Vladamir (Vladimir)

Abramovich


POPILO-VESKI

(POPELA/

POPELO)

Vladimir

Abramovich


BRESLAN, Wulf


OSOLS, Igor

14 DEC 1947


18 OCT 1946


18 OCT 1946


10 JUL NK


14 DEC 1947

Nationality:

Israeli


Bolivian Passport:

65118


Forged German Passports:

5280007248D

18106739D (MININ)


Greek: no details


Israeli Passports:

6019832 (6/11/94-5/11/99)

9001689 (23/1/97-22/1/02)

90109052 (26/11/97)


Russian Passport:

KI0861177

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

MINOR

Grace Beatrice


31 MAY 1942


Key advisor to former President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

NASSOUR

(NASR)

Aziz


1961


Illicit diamond dealer who sold conflict diamonds and indirectly or directly supported the Taylor regime.

OSSAILY

Samih

Samir HUSSEINI


Illicit diamond dealer who sold conflict diamonds and indirectly or directly supported the Taylor regime.

REFELL

(REFFEL)

Victoria


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

RICHARDSON

John T.


10 DEC 1949

(01 DEC 1949)


Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former National Security Advisor.

ROSENBLUM

Simon


21 SEP 1943

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

RUPRAH

Sanjivan

Samir NASR

09 AUG 1966

D-001829-00

Businessman

Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.

Former Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs.

SALAMI

(SALAME)


Mohamed Ahmad


22 SEP 1961

Nationality: Lebanese

Owner, Mohamed and Company Logging company.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

SHAW

Emmanuel (II)


26 JUL 1946

Former economic adviser to ex-President Taylor. Director of Lonestar airways, instrumental in the breaching of the arms embargo in 2003.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

SNOWE

Edwin


Managing Director of the Liberian Petroleum and Refining Corporation (LPRC). Associate of former President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. Alleged to have provided funds to former President Taylor.

TAYLOR

Agnes Reeves

REEVES-TAYLOR

27 SEP 1965

Nationality: Liberia

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

Former Liberian Permanent Representative to the

International Maritime Organization / Former Senior Member of the Liberian Government.

TAYLOR

Charles (Jr.)

Chuckie


Son of ex-President Taylor.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

TAYLOR

Charles Ghankay


01 SEP 1947

(28 JAN 1948)

Ex-President of Liberia.

TAYLOR


(HOWARD TAYLOR)

Jewell Howard


17 JAN 1963

D/003835-04

(4/6/04-3/6/06)

Spouse of ex-President Taylor

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

TESIC

(TEZIC)

Slobodan


Serbian national, director of the society “TEMEX”. Relevant information is contained in the Panel of Experts report S/2003/498.

Director of Temex, Belgrade.

TUAH


(TOUAH)

Joseph


(Joachim)


Liberian Diplomatic passport  #D00353

Former deputy of Benjamen Yeaten, and instrumental in the delivery of arms to former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Former Assistant Director of Special Security Service.

UREY

Benoni


22 JUN 1957

D-00148399

Liberian Diplomatic passport


Ex-Commissioner Maritime Affairs of Liberia. He was the direct superior of Mr. Ruprah and played a key role in arms procurements starting in the summer of 2002.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.

YEATEN

(YEATON)

Benjamin


Liberian Diplomatic passport

D00123299

Former head of the Special Security Unit in Liberia.

Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.


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For information media. Not an official record.