Ex-President’s Home, Offices Are Searched
Investigators at Sierra Leone’s U.N.-backed special court on war crimes searched the Monrovia residence and offices of former Liberian President Charles Taylor over the weekend, a spokeswoman for the court said.
The court has indicted Taylor, now living in exile in Nigeria, on 17 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting Sierra Leone’s rebels during a 10-year civil war. Taylor has denied the charges.
A statement from the court said the investigators were looking for information to “further support strong evidence that led to Taylor’s indictment” last year.
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