Liberia, June 1 -- A grand jury in Monrovia has indicted 11 people accused of operating a sprawling human trafficking ring that prosecutors say lured dozens of Liberians with promises of jobs abroad before holding them captive, extorting money from their families and subjecting some victims to rape and torture.

The indictment comes two months after a FrontPage Africa/New Narratives investigation exposed victims' allegations that lawyers and police investigators had taken bribe payments to undermine the case. Delays in prosecuting the case looked likely to give the perpetrators the right to apply for bail after which they were expected to vanish as accused trafficker Cephus Selebay did in a similar case in 2022. The case is the largest h...