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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


Liberia: Government Announces Probe of Allegations of Bribery in Liberia's Largest Human Trafficking Trial

Liberia, June 17 -- Liberia's government said on Tuesday that it will investigate bribery allegations connected to the country's largest human trafficking trial, which is now in its second week. Sumo... Read More


Liberia: Three More Defendants Plead Guilty in Liberia's Largest Human Trafficking Trial

Liberia, June 12 -- Day three of this mammoth human trafficking trial with 57 victims and 27 defendants started with more drama as three more defendants pleaded guilty Thursday, claiming they were vic... Read More