The internationally backed War Crimes Tribunal in Sierra Leone has given the green light for mercenaries to arrest the Liberian President, Charles Taylor - if they can raise their own funds for the operation and deliver him across the border. "We would not turn down anybody legitimate - whether government, international organisation or private company - who can deliver Charles Taylor or any other fugitive of justice," Alan White, the court’s chief of investigation, said on Thursday. But while encouraging bounty-hunters, Mr White made it clear he was not offering a payout. "We won’t pay anybody. We’re not in a financial position to do that and would not engage in that anyway."
Just a few hundred bucks can go a long way in that part of the world... |