Tag: Financial Crimes

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Meet the Government of Liberia Officials Auditioning for US Sanctions  (PART-2)

Many of the activities observed in the audit constitute grave violations of our financial laws and, in other instances, amount to felonies when proven. For example, violation of the procurement law, failing to remit tax deductions, and making payments without a contract… are all acts that could amount to felonies. …The Senate leaders cannot just say: “Oh, it’s just a glitch; let’s move on.”

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Cataloguing Liberia’s Plethora of Economic Plunder Begging for Accountability (2005-2023) (PART-1)

by Wonderr K. Freeman & Marc N. Kollie Over the past years, as regime in Liberia shuffled between Unity Party (UP) and the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), the country has long been rocked by many corruption scandals – often flagrant and unconscionable. So many corruption cases, but very few cases of accountability[1]. In many cases (and on a sad note too), the culprits have been

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Wizard dribbler and master schemer, George Weah, is still dribbling Liberia’s corruption’s fight: an analysis of Liberia’s back-to-back investigation of the USD25m Mop-Up exercise              

Originally Published under a pseudonym – in June 2019 No one doubts that President George Weah is a master dribbler. He has the medals to show for this claim. And in the political realm, master dribbler Weah has also exhibited quite some dribbling skills on the likes of Brumskine, Tubman and Sirleaf. In politics, however, a dribbler is view quite unfavorably, more as a schemer. And

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