{
  "id": 2073178,
  "title": "Liberia’s former vice president charged in probe of transnational drug ring, government says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/liberias-former-vice-president-charged-in-probe-of-transnational-drug",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T03:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/liberias-former-vice-president-charged-in-probe-of-transnational-drug-ring-government-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering , and other offences as part of an investigation of a transnational narcotics network",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Liberia’s former vice president charged with drug trafficking",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/liberias-former-vice-president-charged-with-drug-trafficking",
        "published": "2026-08-20T04:52:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}