December 18, 2025
As part of Liberia’s expanding asset recovery drive and fight against corruption, Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin, Chairman of the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce (AREPT), is in the United Kingdom holding a series of strategic engagements with international partners central to the recovery of stolen public assets.
The meetings form a core component of AREPT’s mandate under Executive Order No. 145, which empowers the Taskforce to pursue Liberia’s stolen assets beyond national borders and to collaborate with foreign governments, forensic experts, and legal institutions in tracing, identifying, and recovering assets unlawfully acquired at the expense of the Liberian people.
While in the UK, Chairman Martin is holding working discussions with Omnia Strategy LLP, a London-based law firm internationally recognized for its expertise in asset recovery litigation and complex cross-border disputes. The firm specializes in pursuing stolen assets through foreign jurisdictions and advising governments on legal strategies to reclaim public wealth hidden abroad.
The Chairman is also meeting senior representatives of FTI Consulting, a global fraud investigation, forensic audit, and asset-tracing firm that has become a key technical partner in Liberia’s recovery agenda. The UK meetings build on FTI Consulting’s visit to Liberia earlier this year, when senior experts conducted an initial forensic and institutional assessment at no cost to the Government of Liberia.
During that March 2025 engagement, FTI Consulting experts worked directly with AREPT and held consultations with the Executive Mansion and key integrity institutions, including the Ministry of Justice and the Financial Intelligence Agency. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. later received the experts and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring that asset recovery efforts are conducted lawfully, transparently, and in the national interest.
The London engagements are focused on translating those technical assessments into actionable recovery pathways, particularly in cases where stolen Liberian assets may have passed through or are held within foreign financial systems.
Since resuming full operations following the Supreme Court’s lifting of a nine-month stay order earlier in 2025, AREPT has intensified investigations into major corruption cases, some of which involve potential international asset components. These realities make sustained international engagement not optional, but essential.
AREPT maintains that asset recovery is not only about prosecution but also about restoring stolen resources to the Liberian people, strengthening governance, and rebuilding public trust.
AREPT says further updates on the Chairman’s international engagements and their outcomes will be communicated through its official website and social media platforms as the recovery process advances.
