Fugitive Dutch Arms Dealer Guus Kouwenhoven (84) Has Died
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Dutch arms dealer Guus Kouwenhoven, who was convicted for his role in the bloody civil war in Liberia, passed away peacefully in South Africa. ‘Mr Gus’ served for years as the right-hand man of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and supplied the weapons for his war machine.
The fugitive Dutch businessman Guus Kouwenhoven, who was convicted of complicity in war crimes in Liberia, has died at the age of 84. Liberian media reported this based on a statement from his family. In 2017, Kouwenhoven was sentenced to nineteen years in prison by the Court of Appeal in Den Bosch for illegal arms trafficking and complicity in war crimes in Liberia and Guinea. This was done in absentia because he was residing in South Africa. …
Dutch arms dealer Guus Kouwenhoven, who was convicted for his role in the bloody civil war in Liberia, passed away peacefully in South Africa. ‘Mr Gus’ served for years as the right-hand man of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and supplied the weapons for his war machine.
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