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2 items across 2 editions  ·  last active 26 Jul 26

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No. 26 · Sunday, 26 July 2026

Liberia seizes record $317 million cocaine haul, dismisses deputy police commissioner over interference

Transnational Organized CrimeSIGNIFICANT SEIZURELiberia
So what?  A bribed deputy commissioner inside the investigating agency itself, not just a large seizure, is the more consequential finding here, since it shows the network had already reached into the institution meant to dismantle it. Watch whether other West African littoral states report comparable hauls in the coming weeks, since a six-year-embedded network operating through one port implies parallel routes elsewhere in the region.
Sources: Reuters via CTV News · Knews Liberia (2026-07-23/24)
No. 2 · Thursday, 2 July 2026

~$19M in cocaine seized at Monrovia's Roberts International Airport

Transnational Organized CrimeSIGNIFICANT SEIZURELiberia
What?  Liberian National Police interdicted the shipment at the country's main international gateway.
Single-source · Source: OCCRP (Liberian National Police) (Jul 1, 2026)

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