SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA ADDS NEW IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST
| Press Release SC/8377 |
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA ADDS NEW IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION IN ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST
On 2 May 2005, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to include additional identifying information in connection with some of the names inscribed on the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4(a) of resolution 1521 (2003) and renewed by resolution 1579 (2004) (the Travel Ban list).
The list is reproduced in full below. Alternate spellings of names and alternate dates of birth are included in parentheses. 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/PLACE OF BIRTH
PASSPORT /
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
DESIGNATION/
JUSTIFICATION
ALLEN
Cyril
26 JUL 1952
Former Chairman, National Patriotic Party. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
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 R.
29 AUG 1948
Former Minister of Finance. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
CISSE
M. Moussa
Mamadee
KAMARA
24 DEC 1946
(14 DEC 1957)
(26 JUN 1944)
(26 JUL 1946)
(24 DEC 1944)
Liberian Diplomatic Passport:
D001548-99
Liberian Ordinary Passport: 0058070
valid 10/01/00-09/01/05
Name: Mamadee KAMARA
DOB: 26 JUL 1946
POB: Gbarnga, BoundCounty
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: 001546
valid 01/08/99-30/08/01
DOB: 24 DEC 1944
POB: Ganta, NimbaCounty
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: D/000953-98
Former Chief of Presidential Protocol. Chairman of Mohammad Group of Companies. Handled funds from diamond and timber sales on Taylor’s behalf [S/2002/470, para. 165]. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
COOPER
Gerald
10 JUN 1949
Former Liberian Maritime Registry Liaison to International Maritime Organization. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
COOPER
Maurice
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
COOPER
Randolph
(Randolf)
28 OCT 1950
Former Managing Director of RobertsfieldInternationalAirport. 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)
(Coo Coo)
‘Coco’ DENNIS
Dennis COUCOO
15 MAR 1948
(15 MAR 1941)
Liberian Official Passport: 000086
valid 09/10/97-08/10/99
DOB: 15 MAR 1941
POB: Gbondoi, BongCounty
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
Former Consultant to Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
DESNOES
Gerard
16 JUL 1941
in Saint George Fléchard, France
Diplomatic Passport of Burkina Faso: D1004883
issued on 03/10/2002
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
(10 JUN 1947)
Former Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
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
Khalid
Informal Advisor to former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
ELDINE
Talal
14 APR 1955
Lebanese businessman. Paymaster of ex-President Taylor’s inner circle (details in expert panel report S/2000/1195).
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
Ex-Senator. Advisor to former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
GOODRIDGE
(GOODRICH)
Reginald B. (Senior)
11 NOV 1952
Former Minister for Culture, Information and Tourism. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
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
Former Senior Aide-de-Camp to ex-President Taylor.
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
JOBE
Baba
1959
Nationality: The Gambia
Former Director of the Gambia New Millenium Air company. Former member of Parliament of the Gambia. [S/2001/1015, para. 287]. Arms trafficker in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and
gain illicit access to diamonds. In prison in the Gambia.
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
Executive of the Oriental Timber Company.
Provided military and financial support for Taylor [S/2001/1015, para. 334]. 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
Nationality: Lebanon
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
(KOUVENHOVEN)
(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. Funds purveyor to the Taylor regime. Close associate of Taylor. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds and funds.
MININ
Leonid Yukhimovich
BLAVSTEIN,
BLYUVSHTEIN,
BLYAFSHTEIN,
BLUVSHTEIN,
BLYUFSHTEIN
KERLER, Vladamir (Vladimir)
Abramovich
(DOB: 18 OCT 1946)
POPILO-VESKIPOPILOVESKI
(POPELA/
POPELO)
Vladimir
Abramovich
(DOB:18 OCT 1946)
BRESLAN, Wulf
(DOB:10 JUL NK)
OSOLS, Igor
(DOB: 14 DEC 1947)
14 DEC 1947 in Odessa, USSR
(18 OCT 1946)
(10 JUL NK)
(14 DEC 1947)
Nationality: Israel
Bolivian Passport:
65118
Forged German Passports:
5280007248D
18106739D (MININ)
Greek Passport: no details
Israeli Passports:
6019832
valid 06/11/94-05/11/99
9001689
valid 23/01/97-22/01/02
90109052
issued on 26/11/97
Russian Passport:
KI0861177
Owner of Exotic Tropical Timber Enterprises. Key financier for Taylor [S/2001/1015, para. 346]. 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)
Former National Security Advisor. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
ROSENBLUM
Simon
Simão
21 SEP 1943
Brazilian Passport:
CL 937 936
issued on 16/01/04
valid for 5 years
reported lost
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
RUPRAH
Sanjivan
Samir NASR
09 AUG 1966
D-001829-00
D-002081-00
Businessman Former Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs.
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.
SALAME
(SALAMI)
Mohamed Ahmad
Ameri AL JAWAD
Jawad AL AMERI
Moustapha SALAMI
Moustapha A SALAMI
22 SEP 1961
POB: Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
(18 OCT 1963)
Nationality: Lebanon
Ordinary Lebanese Passport: 1622263
valid 24/04/01-23/04/06
Togolese Diplomatic Passport: 004296/00409/00 valid 21/08/02-23/08/07
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: 000275
valid 11/01/98-10/01/00
2nd Liberian Diplomatic Passport: 002414
valid 20/06/01-19/06/03
Name: Ameri AL JAWAD
DOB: 18 OCT 1963
POB: Ganta, NimbaCounty
Ivorian Passport: no details available
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: D/001217
Owner, Mohamed and Company Logging company.
Informal diplomatic representative former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Chairman G. Bryant of Liberia since 2003, having previously held the same post under former President Taylor.
SHAW
Emmanuel (II)
26 JUL 1946
(26 JUL 1956)
Director of Lonestar airways. Associated with Lone Star Communications Cooperation. Instrumental in the breaching of the arms embargo in 2003.
Former economic adviser to ex-President Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
SNOWE
Edwin M., Jr.
Nationality: Liberia
OR/0056672-01
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
Former Liberian Permanent Representative to the
International Maritime Organization. Former Senior Member of the Liberian Government.
Ex-wife and associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
TAYLOR
Charles
“Chuckie” (Junior)
Chuckie
Associate, adviser and son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
TAYLOR
Charles Ghankay
(Charles MacArthur)
01 SEP 1947
(28 JAN 1948)
Former 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)
Jewel Howard
17 JAN 1963
D/003835-04
valid 04/6/04-03/6/06
Spouse of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
TAYLOR
TupeeEnid
17 DEC 1960
(17 DEC 1962)
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: D/002216
Ex-wife and 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 Benjamin 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
Liberian Diplomatic Passport:
D-00148399
Commissioner of Maritime Passport:
D/002356
Ex-Commissioner of 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 D.
28 FEB 196
(29 FEB 1969)
Liberian Diplomatic Passport:
D00123299
valid 10/02/99-09/02/01
DOB: 29 FEB 1969
POB: Tiaplay, NimbaCounty
Former head of the Special Security Unit in Liberia.
Ex-Director, Special Security Services.
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him.
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