Liberia: USAID, EU, Foreign Mining Experts to Testify in U.S.$950k Bribery Case

Dr. Paul Jourdan, a South African geologist and mining expert from the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program (GEMAP) sponsored by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with other experts who proposed the new section into the 2005 Act; section '75', which was later amended in 2010, is among several international expert witnesses to testify in the ongoing US$950,000 alleged Global Witness reported bribery scandal.

Dr. Jourdan, according to Criminal Court 'C' records, collaborated with a Ghanaian lawyer and mineral expert, Dr. Fui S. Tshikata, who will also testify, came to Liberia under the USAID's GEMAP program through the International Business Initiative of the State of Virginia in the United States of America to carry out the amendment.

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