Company and Captino Inc. Plaintiff further stated that Exhibit '1' and other documents established that he sourced the cash in dispute from his legitimate business in Nigeria. 19. Defendant called four witnesses, Bala Camara, Alfred Korleh, Johnton Robertson Wolo Junior and Susanna Steve Blackie to give evidence on her behalf. The substance of the evidence of all four witnesses .is that plaintiff arrived with his money strapped to his body. This evidence was uncontroverted under cross examination. Plaintiff failed to produce any evidence to dispute the claim that the money was strapped to his body. The Court finds that the plaintiff strapped the money to his body. 20. As earlier pointed out defendant contends that this fact of strapping the money to his body is evidence of the fact that plaintiff did not intend to use the money for any legitimate purpose, and did not prove that he had any legitimate business in Liberia and therefore entitles her to confiscate same. However, - plaintiff argued that he had legitimate business interests in both Liberia and Nigeria and that the money was intended to be used to expand his business in Liberia. Exhibit R-3 ··of defendant's pleadings is a Status Report issued by her officials during the investigation and confirms that legitimate business interests in Liberia. The indeed the Report listed plaintiff had the documents submitted by the plaintiff to the investigative team for review which included a notarized article of incorporation of Captino Inc. dated 26th August 2005 and marked exhibit "C" as well as a Memorandum of Understanding between Pleebo Rubber Corporation, represented by its Director Moses Collins, and Captino Inc. • represented by Valentine Ayika (plaintiff) dated August 31, 2005 concerning Cavalla Rubber Farm, marked as Exhibit "H" and another Memorandum of Understanding between Firestone and Captino Inc. for the purchase and sale of unprocessed rubber. 21. A notarized Article of Incorporation is prima facie evidence of the existence of a business entity. A public contrary document is presumed to be authentic until the is established. Further, the Article of Incorporation was issued by defendant's agents and she did not allege that this document was fraudulently 8

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