Review of Liberia’s ‘Missing’ Cash Finds No Banknotes Lost

A review into the alleged disappearance of almost $100 million in cash that Liberia’s government said was printed abroad and went missing after arriving at the port found no evidence to support the charge.

The government of President George Weah ordered a probe in September into the disappearance of 15.5 billion Liberian dollar ($96 million) in banknotes between 2016 and 2018 and banned some current and former central bank officials from leaving the country while the review was carried out. The investigation was conducted by Kroll Associates Inc. and sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Monrovia.