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Liberia: Passport Wahala
New Dawn, 28 September 2020
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley under whose nose Liberian passports were allegedly sold to foreigners is now blaming his opponent for holding him… Read more »
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Liberia: Mass Arrest Ordered in Passport Scandal After U.S. Travel Ban
New Dawn, 17 September 2020
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FrontPageAfrica, 17 September 2020
America's caveat to Nigeria could be a forewarning to Liberia where several pre-electoral violence, attacks on political actors and the trading of threats ahead of the December 8… Read more »
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Liberia: New Arrests in Passport Fraud Saga
Liberian Observer, 18 September 2020
Montserrado County Attorney, Cllr. Edward Martin (pictured), publicly instructed court officers of the Criminal Court 'C' at the Temple of Justice to handcuff one of Wonplo's… Read more »
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Liberia: U.S. State Department Bans Entry of Passport Director Involved in 'Significant Corruption'
FrontPageAfrica, 10 September 2020
Mr. Andrew Wonplo, the disgraced former Passport Director of Liberia who was arrested in August 2019 and accused of selling Liberian Passports to foreign nationals, has been banned… Read more »
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Liberia: U.S. Bars Ex-Passport Director Wonplo and Family
New Dawn, 10 September 2020
Though court in Liberia adjudged him not guilty for passport scandal, the United States Government has formally barred former Liberia passport director Andrew Wonplo and his entire… Read more »
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Liberia: LNBA Hails U.S. Decision Against Passport Director Wonplo
Liberian Observer, 14 September 2020
Just a day after the United States Government announced the public designation of the former Director of Passport and Visas, Andrew Wonplo, due to his involvement in significant… Read more »
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Liberia: A Wake-Up Call From Uncle Sam - Blacklisting Ex-Passport Director Puts Judicial Branch On Notice
FrontPageAfrica, 11 September 2020
ANDREW WONPLO Bragged about his freedom after the Criminal Court 'C' presided over by Judge Yarmie Quiqui Gbeisay dismissed charges against him in June. Read more »
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Liberia: 'This Has Created Trauma for My Family' - Passport Director Blacklisted By U.S., Threatens Lawsuit
FrontPageAfrica, 11 September 2020
Hours after the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo designated him blacklisted from traveling to the United States of America, Mr. Andrew Wonplo, who until his arrest and… Read more »
Arrests Made After Illegal Sale of Liberian Passports
Liberian authorities have arrested over 10 people, including Andrew Wonplo, the former director of passports and visas, on allegations that they caused financial losses to the government of over U.S.$30,000 through the illegal sale of passports to non-Liberian citizens. People wanting to travel to the U.S. and Canada who were willing to pay as much as U.S.$2,000 per passport, were also assisted. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announced on September 10, 2020, that because of the charges, Wonplo and his immediate family were "ineligible" to enter the U.S. Nationals from Ghana and Nigeria have also been implicated in the scam.
