J However, the money is being safe-kept at the Central Bank of Liberia while the probe is being conducted to determine the origin, the ownership and the purpose of the funds.' Thus, plaintiff would be entitled to recover his money if investigations exonerate him from the charge of money laundering which provided the legal basis for the defendant to confiscate the money. 38. The reports of the various investigative teams of the defendant clearly exonerated the plaintiff of any crime. In particular, the extracts of the reports clearly established that the plaintiff is a businessman with legitimate business interests in both Liberia and Nigeria . Further, the extracts of the reports made it crystal clear that the plaintiff did not carry illicit drugs into defendant's territorial boundary. It also stated explicitly that the plaintiff was not guilty of the money laundering charge preferred against him. These are investigation reports of defendant's own agents and conclusions from the officials. These are documents which speak for themselves and their contents admitted without further proof. 39. It was based on the findings of the investigative teams that exonerated the plaintiff of any crime that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the highest legal officer of the defendant wrote to the Executive Governor of the Central Bank requesting the release of plaintiff's funds subject to the penalty for non- declaration. This is based on the fact that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General knew that having been cleared of the criminal charges preferred against him, the plaintiff was entitled to recover his money as there was no legal justification for the defendant to hold on to same. 40. The investigative reports only faulted the plaintiff with .respect to the way he carried the money, strapped to his body. However, that in· itself does not entitle the defendant to confiscate plaintiff's money. The way and manner plaintiff carried his cash raised a suspicion of crime but the investigative reports clearly exonerated him of any crime which he was suspected to have committed. 15