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Is BOSCO TAGANDA on a sanctions list?

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Yes. BOSCO TAGANDA appears on the UN Security Council Consolidated List maintained by United Nations Security Council (INT). Listed on 11/1/2005.

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Record summary

BOSCO TAGANDA is an individual indexed by Kleerance on the UN Security Council Consolidated List (UN-CONS), maintained by United Nations Security Council in INT. This record carries sanctions program DRC; nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo; 8 recorded aliases; 1 address record. The publishing authority's listing date on file is 11/1/2005.

Remarks

Born in Rwanda, he moved to Nyamitaba, Masisi territory, North Kivu, when he was a child. Nominated FARDC Brigadier-General by Presidential Decree on 11 December 2004, following Ituri peace agreements. Formerly Chief of Staff in CNDP and became CNDP military commander since the arrest of Laurent Nkunda in January 2009. Since January 2009, de facto Deputy Commander of consecutive anti-FDLR operations ‘Umoja Wetu’, ‘Kimia II’, and ‘Amani Leo’ in North and South Kivu. Entered Rwanda in March 2013, and voluntarily surrender to ICC officials in Kigali on March 22. Transferred to the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands. On 9 June 2014, ICC confirmed 13 charges of war crimes and five charges of crimes against humanity against him; the trial started in September 2015. On 8 July 2019, the ICC found him guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in Ituri in 2002-2003. On 7 November 2019, he was sentenced to a total of 30 years imprisonment. He has appealed both his conviction and sentence. On 30 March 2021, the ICC Appeals Chamber confirmed his conviction and sentence. On 14 December 2022, he was transferred to the territory of Belgium for enforcement of sentence. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

Aliases (8)

Bosco Ntaganda·akaBosco Ntagenda·akaGeneral Taganda·akaLydia·akaTerminator·akaTango Romeo·akaRomeo·akaMajor·aka

Addresses

Belgium

What does inclusion on UN-CONS mean?

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