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 scene. The compound, at Gbankpa Town in Margibi County, was inspected on Saturday by jurors, four alleged victims, the remaining eight defendants in this trial, court staff, sheriffs, prosecution and defense teams.

The compound has remained the focal point of the high-profile trial. All of the defendants claimed they used it exclusively as an office for what they described as a legitimate business selling online products and training with Infinity Millennium Platinum Star Limitless Institution, a Liberian organization affiliated with the Hong ...