Charles Taylor March 11, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 12:00 - Prosecution witness Isaac Mongor continues his account …In Kono, at one site, or more than one? Wit: Kono town is a big town. The mining was at different locations. Pros: You indicated that JPK showed diamonds at…
Charles Taylor March 7, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Taylor arrives late, Defense questions RUF insider on time in Liberia, payments by Court …reminded the court that Taylor came to court last week when it was clear that Taylor was not 100 percent well. He continued to site in court, until he accepted…
Charles Taylor March 5, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte …RUF and AFRC. that is Denis MIngo and Gibril Massaquoi. Sam BOckarie. Divided into two groups. One of the groups was the RUF and AFRC fighters, was Bockarie, Sesay, Kallon…
Charles Taylor January 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 2:00 Abu Keita tells of Liberian involvement in Sierra Leone …box was filled with gravel, it was washed. The whole of Kono District were mining sites. Gaia was also a mining site. Diamonds that were discovered at these sites were…
Charles Taylor January 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 11:30 Prosecution witness Abu Keita says Taylor sent him to work with the RUF …7 miles to the Liberian border. I saw construction in Buedu. Sesay took me to a site where they were building an airstrip. There was a cterpillar and manpower to…
Charles Taylor January 19, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte New site features …on our documents page. If you have suggestions on how we can make this site more informative or easier to use, please share your ideas in the comment section below!…
Charles Taylor January 18, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Professor Michael P. Scharf: No Chaos in This Courtroom! …The text of my presentation is available on the ICC’s website: http://www.icc-cpi.int/otp/otp_guest_lectures.html and has subsequently been published as: Michael P. Scharf, Chaos in the Courtroom: Controlling Disruptive Defendants and Contumacious…
Charles Taylor January 7, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Diamond Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness …RUF transformed diamond fields into labor camps. As often occurs at the commencement of evidentiary proceedings, the testimony began somewhat haltingly with technical difficulties and confusion by the Prosecution on…
Charles Taylor January 7, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 4:12 …are illicit? IS: We estimated that before Kimberley Process, 20-25% of all exports were illicit. No longer the case. Def: There’s long been diamond smuggling between SL and Liberia, pre-dating…
Charles Taylor January 7, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 4:00 …Where did you get the statistics in the report? IS: These were open source statistics, including government statistics. Belgian statistics were online, but were later removed because they were embarrassing….