Liberia: Security Council issues list of individuals whose assets are to be frozen
The United Nations Security Council has issued a list of associates of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, including his immediate family, whose assets are to be frozen under a resolution adopted earlier this year.
The United Nations Security Council has issued a list of associates of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, including his immediate family, whose assets are to be frozen under a resolution adopted earlier this year.
The list released yesterday includes Mr. Taylor, his wife, Jewell Howard, son, Charles Jr., and two ex-wives, Agnes Reeves Taylor and Tupee Enid Taylor.
Among the senior government officials and other associates named in the list was Viktor Anatoljevitch Bout, whom the Council says is a dealer and transporter of weapons and minerals that supported Mr. Taylor’s regime in an effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds.
In March, the Council adopted a resolution ordering countries to freeze the assets of named individuals to prevent them “from using misappropriated fund and property to interfere in the restoration of peace and stability in Liberia and the sub-region.”
That text contained provisions exempting basic expenses, including payment for food, rent, mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, public utility charges, or payment of reasonable professional and legal fees.