Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
MONROVIA — More than 20 Sierra Leonean nationals arrested near the Bo Waterside border in Grand Cape Mount County for allegedly entering Liberia without valid t…
Resident Circuit Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie of Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice has ordered the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — As Liberian economist and political commentator Samuel P. Jackson continues to face criminal proceedings over the death of his wife, a new c…
MONROVIA — For more than a year, the government told Liberians that former Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah stole rice meant for the country’s disaster…
Liberia’s alleged role in the regional operations of Europe’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Jos Leijdekkers, as questions persist over the nearly four-tonne coca…
MONROVIA – Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay’s call to scrap jury trials has met organized and articulate resistance in the Liberian Senate. Senators Amara M….
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, October 19, 2026 — A United States administrative law judge has recommended lifting the emergency suspension of three assisted living facil…
MONROVIA – For most of this year, Jos Leijdekkers has lived in Liberia as a whisper. Security officers traded sightings no one could pin down: a convoy on the B…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota administrative law judge has recommended that the state lift its emergency suspension of three assisted living homes run by Sekou…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Liberia’s justice system faces an uncomfortable question: Are allegations of jury tampering becoming a recurring explanation for prosecutori…
Repeated enforcement efforts raise questions about financial accountability and the 2029 elections
The Ministry of Labour has called for increased budgetary support to strengthen its efforts to combat human trafficking in Liberia, citing persistent challenges…
MONROVIA – The Executive Branch is enforcing Liberia’s new Cybercrime Law before setting up the Cybersecurity Council and the specialized cybercrime team the ac…
MONROVIA — Maryland County Sen. J. Gbleh-bo Brown has accused President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administration of undermining the rule of law by allegedly failing…
MONROVIA – Liberia’s climb off the U.S. trafficking watch list followed new convictions in three counties, including a Montserrado case with 57 victims, but the…
CONGO TOWN, Monrovia, October 16, 2026 – The United States Department of State has upgraded Liberia from the Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 in its annual Trafficki…
MONROVIA – What started as a political controversy over remarks by Montserrado County District 10 Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah has grown into one of the most…
Who Protects the People When Those Entrusted With Justice Become Part of the Problem?
MONROVIA — When Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay Sr. rose to open the Supreme Court’s October Term on Monday, he did not deliver a routine ceremonial charge….
MONROVIA – Two Liberian senators have publicly rejected the Chief Justice’s call to abolish jury trials, arguing that the answer to allegations of compromised j…
MONROVIA— A Liberian delegation comprising officials from the Office for the Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia (OWECC-L) and the Press…
MONROVIA — Newly released Minnesota court documents have shed light on the suspension and subsequent appeal involving three U.S.-based healthcare facilities own…
An administrative law judge says Minnesota regulators failed to prove Golden Touch Health Care posed an imminent danger to residents, a finding supporters of ow…
The legal troubles surrounding individuals from George Weah’s circle, including a former pastor accused of fraud, a former foreign minister convicted in the Sau…
