Event Brief
Liberia charges former VP Jewel Howard-Taylor over drugs
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Aug 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM ET
Summary: Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses linked to an investigation of a transnational narcotics network. Howard-Taylor was stopped while trying to leave the country at Roberts International Airport and taken to national police headquarters, the attorney general said.
WHO: Liberia's attorney general; Jewel Howard-Taylor
WHAT: Liberia charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and related offenses in a transnational drug-ring investigation.
WHEN: Aug 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: Liberia
WHY: The charges were brought as part of an investigation into a transnational narcotics network.
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