Liberia: EPA Debunks U.S.$100,000 Bribe Claim

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Liberia: EPA Debunks U.S.$100,000 Bribe Claim

[New Dawn] The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has described it as baseless, false and diabolically misleading, and untrue claims that authorities of the Agency received US$ 100,000 to permit the illegal dumping of hazardous waste in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.

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