His 'boss', Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted in the Netherlands by the Special Court of Sierra Leone and is locked up for the rest of his life in a high-security prison in Durham, England, but Kouwenhoven never saw the inside of the cell that was waiting for him.
The Liberian Daily Observer writes:
It is about how the country's extraordinary natural wealth —particularly its forests— was transformed into a financial and logistical resource for a war machine, how international businesses benefited from that system, and how ordinary Liberians paid the price.
Kouwenhoven's importance went beyond logging. A United Nations expert panel described him as a “member of President Charles Taylor's inner circle” and linked him to the logistical aspects of arms deals. The UN placed him on its travel-ban list in 2001. The relationship was brutally transactional.
Timber went out. Weapons came in.
The Liberian Daily Observer writes:
It is about how the country's extraordinary natural wealth —particularly its forests— was transformed into a financial and logistical resource for a war machine, how international businesses benefited from that system, and how ordinary Liberians paid the price.
Kouwenhoven's importance went beyond logging. A United Nations expert panel described him as a “member of President Charles Taylor's inner circle” and linked him to the logistical aspects of arms deals. The UN placed him on its travel-ban list in 2001. The relationship was brutally transactional.
Timber went out. Weapons came in.
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Een VN-rapport meldt dat het houtbedrijf van Guus Kouwenhoven 3,4 miljoen euro rechtstreeks op de privérekening van Charles Taylor stortte. - Wikipedia: Guus Kouwenhoven
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