SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST
| Press Release SC/8359 |
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST
On 14 April 2005, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to add the following five individuals to the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) and renewed by paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 1579 (2004) (the Travel Ban List):
General Sumo Dennis
Mr. George Dweh
General Kia Farley
General Sampson Gwen
General D. Benjamin Taylor, Jr.
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
(Willie Adolphus)
‘Coco’ DENNIS
15 MAR 1948
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
DENNIS
“Sumo”
General Mark-1
Nationality:
Liberia
“General” for the former LURD armed faction. He has engaged in activities that threaten to cause instability in Liberia, derail the peace process and unravel the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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.
DWEH
George
6 MAR 1959
Nationality:
Liberia
Suspended Speaker of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA). Founding member of LURD. His statements and activities undermine the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and his actions contravene the spirit of the disarmament declaration.
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.
FARLEY
Kia
White Flower
B-50
Nationality:
Liberia
MODEL’s former Commanding “General” in Buchanan and Inspector General in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He has engaged in activities that threaten to cause instability in Liberia, derail the peace process and unravel the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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.
GWEN
Sampson
Nationality:
Liberia
Former LURD “General”. He has engaged in activities that threaten to cause instability in Liberia, derail the peace process and unravel the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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 Millennium 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
D. Benjamin (Jr.)
Nationality:
Liberia
Director of Passports and Visas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Liberia. MODEL’s former Chief of Staff. He has engaged in activities that threaten to cause instability in Liberia, derail the peace process and unravel the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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.
TAYLOR
Tupee Enid
17 DEC 1960
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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