Liberia, March 31 -- Dramatic courtroom revelations on Monday exposed what prosecutors described as a troubling pattern of unauthorized financial transactions at the heart of the ongoing high-profile corruption trial involving former senior government officials.

At Criminal Court "C," presided over by Judge Ousman F. Feika, the prosecution presented key testimony suggesting that millions of dollars allegedly disbursed for "joint security operations" were neither approved by the National Security Council, nor supported by any documented emergency.

Taking the witness stand, Monday, March 30, the prosecution's first witness Baba Boika, from the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission made a damning assertion, noting that "There is absolutely no...