Liberia: Sen. Konneh Asks U.S. to Sanction Mining Enablers, Warns Liberia At 'Most Dangerous Point'
He also asked Washington to support court monitoring in Liberia, resume mentoring of law enforcement officers vetted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration "with appropriate oversight," and engage the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on active financial intelligence cases.
Konneh, an independent who chairs the Senate Public Accounts and Audit Committee and previously served as minister of finance and development planning, described two threats he said are unfolding at the same time: corporate capture of the mining sector and the infiltration of state institutions by drug traffickers.
Konneh has asked the United States to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on people who enable mining licensing deals in Liberia and move the proceeds into US real estate, telling a Washington policy audience that the country faces its gravest threat since the civil war and the Ebola epidemic.
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