spot_imgspot_img
Friday, April 25, 2025

INT’L INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATE ILLICIT MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN LIBERIA 

Date:

LIBERIA – A source has hinted to Smart News Liberia that international investigators with local partners are conducting a series of alleged connections of two prominent lawmakers who are allegedly using legislative powers to carry on illicit mining and invading taxes in the southeastern part of Liberia.

The reported illicit mining in the southeast by the two lawmakers (names withheld), according to the source depriving the country of its natural resources…

In 2021 the Ministry of Mines and Energy carried out operations against illicit and illegal Mining activities in Southeastern Liberia and reported major progress in Barrobo District, Maryland County.

Adolphus Gleekia, the team leader and Deputy Inspector-General for Mines, said that in order to evade taxes and continue defrauding the Government of needed revenue, illicit Miners in Barrobo District buried and submerged essential equipment from Dredges are illegally operating along the waterways.

Also, it can be recalled July last year, stakeholders in the mining sector called on the government to enforce regulations and laws to curb illicit mining. The stakeholders recommended capacity support and an increase in the number of rangers in protected areas, proper checks, and balances in the sector, increased awareness of new policies and reforms in the mining law, the need to encourage miners to legally obtain licenses and for local leadership to take ownership of the sector by participating in monitoring and reporting on the protection of their environment.

They further recommended training on environmental & social safeguards, legal framework & promotion of participatory monitoring was organized by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (-SCNL), the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) supported by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and UNDP Liberia’s Environmental Governance Project.

smartnews
Smart News Liberia is an online news outlet and a product of Smart Media Group Inc. Our website, smartnewsliberia.com, covers a broad spectrum of news content. For inquiries or information, you can reach us at 0777425285 or 0886946925, or email us at smartnewsliberia@gmail.com or info@smartnewsliberia.com.

LATEST DEVELOPMENT

LIBERIA SETTLES FULLY ITS 2025 IMO DUES

On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the Republic of Liberia...

WEAH URGES BOAKAI TO UPHOLD SUPREME COURT RULING, WARNS AGAINST THREATS TO CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

MONROVIA – Former President George Manneh Weah has issued...

KOON DEFIES SUPREME COURT RULING, DECLARES KOFFA’S REMOVAL IRREVERSIBLE

MONROVIA – In a defiant stance, Speaker of the...

LIBERIA’S DEMOCRACY FACES A CRITICAL MOMENT

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Bill of Information...

A COMMENDABLE PLEDGE, BUT DEEDS MUST MATCH WORDS

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s address at the First Annual...

BOAKAI’S LUXURY OBSESSION AMID ECONOMIC STRUGGLES

Liberians continue to endure economic hardship while their president...

LIBERIA’S STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE CAN BOAKAI’S PROMISES OVERCOME DECADES OF UNFULFILLED REFORMS

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s message to his Cabinet during...

COMMENTARY

WHY FOLLOW A PR STRATEGY TO OVERCOME CRISES AND MAINTAIN BRAND VISIBILITY

Courtesy of Martin Blayon, an experienced Public Relations Specialist Misinformation...

THE LASTING LEGACY OF PRINCE JOHNSON’S DEATH AND THE PATH FORWARD FOR LIBERIA

By Lyndon J. Ponnie, Sr. The passing of former Liberian...

PRES. BOAKAI’S LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND LIBERIA’S POLITICAL CRISIS

-A Commentary Joseph Boakai's failure to lead has once again...

LATEST NEWS

HENRY COSTA SAYS JOE BOAKAI IS LIBERIA’S NEXT PRESIDENT

By Olando Testimony Zeongar LIBERIA – A political commentator and...

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR WAR AND ECONOMIC CRIMES COURT IN LIBERIA

MONROVIA – On Thursday, June 13, 2024, a significant...

Share post:

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

OPINION

USING THE PAST TO INFORM THE PRESENCE AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE

My birthday message to the people of Liberia As I...

HOR IN UPROAR AS EMBATTLED SPEAKER KOFFA’S INFLUENCE EXPOSES GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

By Socrates Smythe Saywon, Sr. Liberia’s political scene is currently...

LIBERIANS ARE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UP AND CDC

  An Opinion By Grace RK Guar Every six...

AMERICA’S NEGLECT OF LIBERIA: A CALL FOR CHANGE

An Opinion By Bishop Dr. Rudolph Q. Kwanue, Sr A...

THE GALLERY

spot_imgspot_img

MORE ARTICLES

spot_imgspot_img

MORE NEWS

LATEST DEVELOPMENT NEWS

LATEST CRIME NEWS

Share via
Copy link