Liberia has charged former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offences over an alleged transnational narcotics network. The 63-year-old was detained on Wednesday at Roberts International Airport in Monrovia while preparing to board a flight.
Police have linked her to last month’s seizure of cocaine valued at about $317 million. Howard-Taylor has not publicly commented on the allegations, while her lawyer says he cannot comment until she is formally charged in court.
Howard-Taylor went into politics after her now ex-husband, former President Charles Taylor, left power. He was a former rebel leader who was elected Liberia’s president in 1997, remaining in office until 2003.
She served as Vice-President under former President George Weah from 2018 to 2024.
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