Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
NEW YORK, September 22, 2026 — Liberia and the United States have held high-level talks aimed at strengthening maritime cooperation, expanding private-sector in…
MONROVIA, September 22, 2026 — Liberian lawyer and politician Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has warned against using the country’s cybercrime law to punish citizens…
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia, September 21, 2026 — Resident Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court, Nelson B. Chineh, has outlined several factors he says are…
MONROVIA – The Liberia National Police (LNP) has concluded its investigation into Jerry Nyantee Wrato and will forward him to court on four cybercrime charges,…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Witness Protection Agency Director Atty. Teklo Maxwell Grigsby II has challenged Liberia’s justice institutions to build a system in which v…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The arrest and impending prosecution of Jerry Nyantee Wrato has rapidly developed into a wider national debate over how Liberia will draw th…
MONROVIA — The Liberia National Police has rejected Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung’s call for the release of Jerry Nyantee Wrato, pressing four cybercrime c…
MONROVIA — The courtroom at Liberia’s Civil Law Court became the center of intense legal attention Monday as a four-year-old battle between a Liberian newspaper…
In a major breakthrough in a corporate dispute spanning over a decade, the Special Commercial Court has held the Monrovia Oil Trading Corporation (MOTC) liable…
Monrovia – The arrest of Jerry Nyantee Wrotto, a young man accused of cyberbullying Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung Sr., and the Vice President’s subsequent…
HARPER, Maryland County — The Fourth Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland County has sentenced Lewis Saywon to four years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to…
The Special Commercial Court has ordered the Monrovia Oil Trading Corporation (MOTC) to account for US$3,244,100.78 withdrawn from the bank account of Ducor Pet…
When Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr. refers to a cybercrime as “merely” content, it raises a significant question: Can compassion take precedence over a…
MONROVIA — Liberia has entered a new and largely untested chapter in the battle over what citizens can say, create and circulate in the country’s rapidly expand…
A 202.5 kg shipment declared as botanical powder, coffee and candy — sent from Malaysia and cleared through Roberts International Airport customs — is now being…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — A forensic examination conducted in Rwanda has placed DNA evidence at the center of the criminal trial involving former National Security Ag…
BRUSSELS / MONROVIA — Europe is tightening its response to the cocaine trade, and the implications for Liberia and other West African countries could be signifi…
MONROVIA — A county coordinator for the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) testified before Criminal Court ‘C’ on Tuesday that a 5,000-bag shipment of S…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Jurors at Criminal Court “A” in Monrovia have returned a unanimous not guilty verdict in favor of Ruth Davies, bringing an end to her trial…
MONROVIA — The Netherlands has quietly placed Liberia inside its growing regional effort to confront fugitive Dutch drug trafficker Jos “Bolle Jos” Leijdekkers,…
GBARNGA – Bong County Attorney Jonathan Flomo has reignited a long-standing debate over how Liberia’s justice system handles road fatalities, calling on the Lib…
The Kemayah Rice Distribution Committee, in conjunction with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), says it donated Saudi rice to the Lakpazee Communit…
MONROVIA – Whatever the jury in Criminal Court “C” ultimately decides about Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah’s guilt or innocence, the trial now in its 27th…
MONROVIA – The conviction of a 46 year old man for statutory rape in Monrovia has brought renewed attention to the vulnerability of children when alleged sexual…
