War Crimes Court Economics: Who Will Pay and Will it Boost Liberia’s Struggling Economy?
War Crimes Court Economics: Who Will Pay and Will it Boost Liberia’s Struggling Economy?
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Lawmakers were joined by scores of Liberians in 2018 at a civil war monument in Du Port Road, Paynesville to announce the resolution seeking the establishment of a war and economic crimes court/ Photo By: Alpha Daffae Senkpeni
Freetown, Sierra Leone Patrick Fatoma spends his days guiding guests around the fading halls of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. It’s a job he has held for nearly a decade since the official close of Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2013.
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): In the ongoing nationwide drive against fake Good and Services Tax (GST) invoice frauds since mid-November 2020, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and CGST Commissionerates have arrested 12 persons in a single day including a Chartered Accountant and a woman.
Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, President, Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA)
Just upon hearing a media report dispelling that the George Weah administration is not ready for the establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia, a group of Civil Society Organizations along with the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, agreed to carve a roadmap leading to addressing impunity and accountability by calling for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court.
Tuesday’s gathering that was initiated by the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), a body of lawyers, was intended to build solidarity with the broader Civil Society Organizations to develop a comprehensive strategy to engage key stakeholders and the Liberian population.
Santhosh Eapen arrested, released on bail
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Action in case relating to smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore
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Action in case relating to smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore
Santhosh Eapen, the managing director of Unitac Builder, was arrested by the Customs Preventive Commissionerate on Tuesday and released on bail the same day.
The arrest was recorded in the case related to the smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore.
In a remand report, which was filed in the Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, the Customs submitted that Mr. Eapen had information that the money he gave as commission for obtaining the contract of the LIFE Mission projects at Wadakancherry, was illegally converted into foreign exchange and smuggled abroad.