The Dutch Supreme Court has overturned a 2008 ruling by the Court of Appeal which cleared businessman Guus Kouwenhoven of charges of involvement in illegal arms deals and war crimes during the civil war in Liberia between 2000 and 2003…Kouwenhoven was head of the Oriental Timber Company (OTC) during the regime of President Charles Taylor, who waged a brutal war against the people of Liberia and Sierra Leone, funded largely through the sale of diamonds and illegal logging…Patrick Alley, Director of Global Witness, said: “…The war in Liberia cost over 250,000 lives. No one who played a role in perpetuating this conflict should go unpunished.”…