【全非资讯·西非】 利比里亚：参议员要求在1900万美元可卡因调查中实施逮捕

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该国规模最大的可可碱（注：此处指可卡因，原文cocaine）走势调查之一于周三进入关键的新阶段，参议院高级成员要求立即实施逮捕和起诉，同时联合安全官员透露，调查人员已从确定重点嫌疑人推进到为潜在嫌疑人准备刑事指控。\n\n此次利比里亚参议院的紧张听证会举行于当局在罗伯茨国际机场（RIA）的GLS-Menzies货运航站楼拦截了约237.6公斤可卡因近三 semaines（注：此处原文为三周，即three weeks）之后，这批毒品估计价值1920万美元。这起查获事件此后已演变为该国近年最具影响力的刑事调查之一。\n\n这起最初看似例行的毒品拦截行动，现已扩大为一场跨越机场安全、货物搬运、货运代理、航运文件、财务记录、电子通信以及涉嫌国际贩运网络的调查。\n\n司法部此前曾表示，调查人员不仅在审查6月8日的查获行动本身，还在调查与同一团伙有关联的先前货运是否属于通过利比里亚运作的更广泛的跨国犯罪集团的一部分。\n\n关注我们的WhatsApp和LinkedIn以获取最新头条。\n\n这一更广泛的目标构成了周三参议院听证会的背景。\n\n蒙特塞拉多县参议员Abraham Darius Dillon质疑为何尚未实施逮捕，他认为调查人员已经掌握了足够的证据来开始起诉。\n\n你们有毒品，有保管毒品的人，有存放毒品的地点以及仓库，那你们为什么还没有逮捕他们？Dillon向联合安全官员质问。

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One of the country's largest cocaine investigations entered a critical new phase Wednesday as senior members of the Senate demanded immediate arrests and prosecutions, while Joint Security officials disclosed that investigators have progressed from identifying persons of interest to preparing criminal charges against potential suspects.

The tense hearing before the Liberian Senate came nearly three weeks after authorities intercepted approximately 237.6 kilograms of cocaine--valued at an estimated US$19.2 million--at the GLS-Menzies cargo terminal at Roberts International Airport (RIA), a seizure that has since evolved into one of the country's most far-reaching criminal investigations in recent memory.

What initially appeared to be a routine narcotics interdiction has expanded into an investigation stretching across airport security, cargo handling, freight forwarding, shipping documentation, financial records, electronic communications and alleged international trafficking networks.

The Ministry of Justice has previously stated that investigators are examining not only the June 8 seizure itself but also whether previous shipments connected to the same actors formed part of a broader transnational criminal enterprise operating through Liberia.

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That broader objective formed the backdrop to Wednesday's Senate hearing.

Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon questioned why arrests had not yet been made, arguing that investigators already possessed sufficient evidence to begin prosecutions.

"You have the drugs; you have the person who kept them; you have the location where they were kept, and the warehouse, so why have you not arrested them?" Dillon asked Joint Security officials.

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