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Liberia: They Were Found Guilty in Liberia's Biggest Human Trafficking Trial But Noone Has Been Charged Over a Death in the Case. Now the Family Wants Justice

Liberia, Sept. 2 -- Summary: By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives It was Liberia's biggest human trafficking trial to date. At the end of 22 days of hearings in June... Read More


Liberia: They Were Found Guilty in Liberia's Biggest Human Trafficking Trial But No one Has Been Charged Over a Death in the Case. Now the Family Wants Justice

Liberia, Sept. 2 -- Summary: By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives It was Liberia's biggest human trafficking trial to date. At the end of 22 days of hearings in June... Read More


Liberia: Ex-President Sirleaf Backs Specialized Anti-Corruption Court, Urges Boakai to Address "the Several Scandals That Plague the Society"

Liberia, July 1 -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's and Africa's first democratically elected female president, on Wednesday urged President Joseph Boakai to intensify the fight against corruption, ca... Read More


Liberia: Senior Police Investigator Denies Taking Defendants' Property as Largest Trafficking Trial Reaches Closing Stages

Liberia, June 30 -- A court hearing Liberia's largest human trafficking trial on Monday rejected the defense's request that the court ignore a report on the jury's inspection of the alleged crime scen... Read More


Liberia: Jurors, Defendants and Alleged Victims Visit Site at Center of Largest Human Trafficking Trial as Case Enters Crucial Phase

Liberia, June 29 -- Jurors in Liberia's largest human trafficking trial visited the alleged crime scene Saturday, inspecting the compound where all 57 alleged victims - and a former defendant who late... Read More


Liberia: Senate Begins Consultations on Competing War Crimes Court Bills; Advocates Hope Outstanding Issues Can Be Resolved Before Public Hearings

Liberia, June 26 -- Liberia's Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Claims and Petitions this week began consultations on six competing bills to establish a war and economic crimes court and a ... Read More


'I DID NOT TRAFFIC': Defendant Says as Third Witness Corroborates Testimony That Vice President's Security Inspected Alleged Trafficking Compound

Liberia, June 25 -- One more defendant in Liberia's largest human trafficking case on Wednesday corroborated earlier testimony from two co-defendants that four members of Vice President Jeremiah Koung... Read More


Liberia: Two Defendants Deny Charges as Second Witness Corroborates Security Visit, Claims Vice President's Guards Didn't "Bother Anybody" at Compound at Heart of Case

Liberia, June 24 -- Another defendant in the human trafficking trial involving 57 alleged victims testified Tuesday that four members of Vice President Jeremiah Koung's security detail visited the com... Read More


Liberia: Defendant in Largest Human Trafficking Trial Denies Charges, Claims Vice President's Security Inspected Compound at Center of Case as Court Orders Site Visit

Liberia, June 23 -- A man accused of overseeing the beating, torture and other degrading treatment of 57 victims at a compound at the center of Liberia's largest human trafficking trial testified Mond... Read More


Liberia: Accused Trafficker Denies Charges, Says He Was Legally Recruiting Victims to Sell Products for Malaysian Firm Qnet

Liberia, June 22 -- An accused trafficker in Liberia's largest human trafficking trial has denied he was engaged in human trafficking saying he recruited the victims in the case for training to become... Read More