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Charles Taylor's Money Trail: How the Former Liberian Dictator Drained the Coffers of a Nation in Turmoil

A report by the Coalition for International Justice estimates that about $685 million passed through the hands of the rebel-leader turned president during his six and a half years in office. Editor-in-Chief Rodney D. Sieh dissects the report which details the financial network of the former warlord.

Former rebel president Charles Ghankay Taylor amassed great fortune from his war in the bushes to the Liberian presidency through extortion, intimidation and corruption, according to a detailed report by the Coalition for International Justice.

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