[Today] Global Witness will testify before the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)…[The testimony] will detail the patronage system via which Charles Taylor granted logging concessions to Liberian timber companies, and their owners, in exchange for financial and military support. It will describe how these companies and individuals proceeded to commit a range of crimes relating to…environmental destruction, human rights abuses and UN sanction violations. The testimony will also…outline the role in sustaining the conflict played by foreign buyers through their purchase of illegally sourced timber. It will also examine the failure of the international community to halt these activities quickly…