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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-144/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/144",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision 2012/144/CFSP of 8 March 2012 implementing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire",
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  "number": "II",
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  "text": "ANNEX II\nList of persons referred to in Article 4(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b)\nName (and any aliases)\nIdentifying information\nGrounds for designation\n1.\nKadet Bertin\nBorn 1957 in Mama\nSpecial Adviser to Laurent Gbagbo on matters of security, defence and military equipment, and formerly Laurent Gbagbo’s Minister for Defence.\nNephew of Laurent Gbagbo.\nExiled in Ghana. Subject of an international arrest warrant.\nActively involved in incidents of abuse and forced disappearances, and in the funding and arming of the militia and of the “Young Patriots” (COJEP).\nInvolved in the funding and trafficking of arms and in the circumvention of the embargo.\nHe was close to western militia and liaised on Gbagbo’s behalf with these groups. Involved in setting up the “LIMA force” death squads.\nDuring his exile in Ghana, he has continued to plot ways to regain power by force. He is calling for Gbagbo’s immediate release.\nBecause of his financial resources, his familiarity with illegal arms traffickers and his ongoing ties with active militia groups, especially in Liberia, Kadet Bertin poses a very real threat to the security and stability of Côte d’Ivoire.\n2.\nOulaï Delafosse\nBorn 28 October 1968\nFormer sub-prefect of Toulepleu. Leader in the Great West Patriotic Resistance Union.\nAs Head of the militia, he has engaged in violence and crime, particularly in the Toulepleu area.\nTaking his orders directly from Kadet Bertin, he was very active in the recruitment of Liberian mercenaries and in the trafficking of illegal arms from Liberia during the post-election crisis. His troops ran a reign of terror throughout the post-election crisis, killing hundreds of people from northern Côte d’Ivoire.\nBecause of his political extremism, his closeness to Kadet Bertin and the strong links he has maintained with Liberian mercenaries, he continues to pose a threat to the stability of the country.\n3.\nPastor Gammi\nHead of the Ivorian Movement for the Liberation of Western Côte d’Ivoire (MILOCI), established in 2004. As Head of the pro-Gbagbo MILOCI militia, he was involved in many massacres and much brutality.\nHas fled to Ghana (is probably in Takoradi). Subject of an international arrest warrant.\nSince his exile, he has joined the International Coalition for the Liberation of Côte d’Ivoire (CILCI) which advocates the use of armed resistance to have Gbagbo returned to power.\n4.\nMarcel Gossio\nBorn 18 February 1951 in Adjamé\nPassport number: 08AA14345 (due to expire on 6 October 2013)\nHas fled Côte d’Ivoire. Subject of an international arrest warrant. Involved in the misappropriation of public funds and in the funding and arming of the militia.\nInstrumental to the funding of the Gbagbo clan and of the militia. Also a central figure in illegal arms trafficking.\nThe sizeable sums of money he has misappropriated and his familiarity with the illegal arms networks make him a continued threat to the security and stability of Côte d’Ivoire.\n5.\nJustin Koné Katina\nHas fled to Ghana. Subject of an international arrest warrant.\nInvolved in the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) hold-up.\nFrom his place of exile, he still sees himself as Gbagbo’s spokesperson. In a press release on 12 December 2011, he argued that Ouattara had never won the election and asserted that the new regime was illegitimate. He calls for resistance, and believes Gbagbo will return to power.\n6.\nAhoua Don Mello\nBorn 23 June 1958 in Bongouanou\nPassport number: PD-AE/044GN02 (due to expire on 23 February 2013)\nSpokesperson of Laurent Gbagbo. Former Minister for Infrastructure and Sanitation in the illegitimate government.\nExiled in Ghana. Subject of an international arrest warrant.\nFrom exile, he has continuously stated that the election of President Ouattara was fraudulent and does not recognise his authority. He has refused to respond to the Ivorian Government’s call for reconciliation and has made regular calls in the press for uprisings, carrying out “mobilisation” tours in the refugee camps in Ghana.\nIn December 2011, he declared that Côte d’Ivoire was a “tribal state under siege” and that “the days of the Ouattara regime” were “numbered”.\n7.\nMoussa Touré Zéguen\nBorn 9 September 1944\nOld passport: AE/46CR05\nHead of the Group of Patriots for Peace (GPP).\nFounder of the “International Coalition for the Liberation of Côte d’Ivoire” (CILCI).\nBecame a militia leader in 2002 and has led the GPP since 2003. Under his command the GPP has become Gbagbo’s armed wing in Abidjan and the south of the country.\nResponsible, with the GPP, for numerous acts of violence mainly against populations from the north of the country and opponents of the former regime.\nPersonally involved in post-election violence (particularly in the Abobo and Adjamé districts).\nWhilst exiled in Accra, Touré Zéguen founded the “International Coalition for the Liberation of Côte d’Ivoire”, whose aim is to return Gbagbo to power.\nFrom his place of exile he has made repeated inflammatory statements (for example at the press conference on 9 December 2011), maintaining a stance of conflict and armed revenge. He regards Côte d’Ivoire under Ouattara as illegitimate and “re-colonised” and has issued a “call on Ivorians to drive out the impostors” (Jeune Afrique, July 2011).\nKeeps a blog calling for a violent uprising of the Ivorian people against Ouattara.",
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