Liberia Corruption Fight Takes New Twist
A secret recording of Defense Minister Brownie Samukai, in which he is heard talking about a "big money contract", has diverted public discourse from the original indictment against those accused of complicity in a corruption saga at the Liberia Airport Authority.
Downtown Monrovia
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Liberia:
Corkrum Dumps Samukai
New Dawn, 9 August 2013
Liberian Government officials appear to have adapted a technique of secretly recording one another when discussing matters of state with the intent of releasing it to the public… Read more »
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Liberia:
Secret Recording Incriminates Officials
FrontPageAfrica, 8 August 2013
One of the indictees in the corruption saga at the Liberia Airport Authority, Ms. Ellen Corkrum declined Wednesday to state whether or not she and her fiancé Mr. Melvin… Read more »
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Liberia:
FIBank Worried Over LAA Corruption Saga
New Dawn, 8 August 2013
The Board of Directors of the First International Bank (Liberia) Limited has expressed concern over the indictment of the Bank through its Managing Director, Wole Sodipe, and other… Read more »
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Liberia:
'The Facts of the Matter' - Cockrum & Samukai Chatter On the Lips of Liberians
FrontPageAfrica, 9 August 2013
Less than four months after Ellen Cockrum secretly recorded Musa Bility, the former boss of the Liberia Airport Authority is back in newspaper headlines for the same reason.… Read more »
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Liberia:
Corruption Fight Deepens - CSO Says LAA Board Liable, Not Banks
New Republic, 7 August 2013
The Chairman of a civil society group recent indictment by the government is a charade and an insincere fight against corruption In the country. Read more »
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Liberia:
Go After Others Not Bility, Cockrum Alone
NEWS, 6 August 2013
The Liberian Government has indicted two officials of the Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) for alleged misappropriation of funds intended to revamp the facilities of the country's… Read more »
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Liberia:
Wanted for 'Corruption'
NEWS, 5 August 2013
Two officials of the Liberian Airport Authority (LAA) are being pursued by the Liberian government on allegation of corruption. Musa Bility, the former Chairman of the LAA Board… Read more »
InFocus
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The government has indicted several people linked to a corruption saga at the Liberian Airport Authority. They allegedly defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands of U.S. ... Read more »
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has re-emphasized the need for the establishment of a fast-track court to try corruption cases as she "intensifies" her anti-graft campaign. Read more »