Liberia ex-central bank officials plead not guilty
Five former Liberian central bank officials, including an ex-president’s son, have pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and “economic sabotage” in a scandal over millions of dollars of newly printed cash.
A court in Monrovia, the capital of the impoverished West African country, said the group -- accused of printing surplus banknotes worth 2.6 billion Liberian dollars ($16.3 million, 14.4 million euros) without authorisation -- all asserted their innocence on Monday.
Liberia’s President George Weah vowed to tackle corruption when he came to office in January 2018, but has recently faced protests from citizens angry about graft, living
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