Liberia: Acting Justice Minister, Central Bank Governor Cited for Contempt Over Failure to Release Over US$113K to Acquitted Individuals in $100M Drug TrialMonrovia – Criminal Court “C,” the First Judicial Circuit Court of Montserrado, has issued a contempt charge against Acting Justice Minister Cllr. The Ministry filed the Bill of Information following a not guilty ruling in favor of the four defendants, asserting that they were not aware of the cocaine smuggling operation as claimed by the government. What more can the joint security and the Justice Ministry do to convince the court that the law was broken?” he worried. Subsequently, the Ministry filed its Bill of Information. However, despite the given time, the court stated that the Ministry of Justice made no efforts within the allotted time to retrieve the money from the CBL.
