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Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU states freeze $130 million worth of Lebanese assets

A European Union agency says authorities in three European countries have frozen more than $130 million in assets linked to an investigation into money laundering in Lebanon

The Independent UK

Lebanon's central bank chief is suspect in 120 million euro asset freeze case -German prosecutor

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Lebanese PM expects progress in talks with IMF over meltdown

Lebanon's prime minister says talks between his government and the International Monetary Fund over an economic recovery plan should make progress in the next two weeks

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Lebanon's Banks Threaten to Sue the State

A senior Lebanese official in the financial sector warned that the country was in a severe monetary crisis as a result of explicit duplicity in the state to dealing with the governance of the central bank and the banking system. The danger looms at a time when the talks with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Brother of Central Bank Chief Kept in Custody

A Lebanese judge decided Thursday to keep the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor in custody, a week after he was first arrested on corruption allegations, state media reported. The brothers — Governor Riad Salameh and Raja Salameh — have been charged with illegal enrichment and money laundering…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon to keep brother of central bank chief in custody

Lebanon is keeping the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor in custody, days after he was arrested

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Lebanese judge keeps brother of central bank governor under arrest, judicial source says

A Lebanese judge ordered on Thursday that Raja Salameh, the brother of the central bank governor, remain under arrest after he was charged last week with complicity in illicit enrichment, a judicial source familiar with the decision said.

Reuters

Lebanon: Mikati Proposes Inviting Central Bank Governor to Cabinet Meeting

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati proposed on Wednesday inviting central bank governor Riad Salameh to a forthcoming Cabinet meeting, the information minister said, an apparent show of support after Salameh was charged with illicit enrichment. Salameh has denied the charge brought against him by a Lebanese judge on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon central bank chief charged with enrichment, money laundering

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge Monday charged central bank chief Riad Salameh with "illicit enrichment" and money laundering after he failed to attend a court hearing for the fifth time, a judicial source told AFP.

AFP

Lebanese judge charges central bank chief with corruption

A Lebanese judge says she has filed charges against the country’s central bank governor, accusing him of illegal enrichment and money laundering during the country's economic meltdown

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Lebanese Judge Charges Salameh with Illicit Enrichment

A Lebanese judge charged central bank governor Riad Salameh with illicit enrichment on Monday, the judge told Reuters, days after she ordered his brother Raja arrested in the same case. Judge Ghada Aoun said Riad Salameh, governor for nearly three decades, had not attended a hearing scheduled for Monday, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese judge charges central bank governor with illicit enrichment, judge says

A Lebanese judge charged central bank governor Riad Salameh with illicit enrichment on Monday, adding to the number of graft investigations he already faces.

Reuters

Lebanese Banks Plan Strike in Response to Judicial Orders

Lebanese banks plan a two-day strike next week in protest at judicial actions that targeted seven major lenders, a standoff that risks more instability for a country mired in crisis since 2019. The banking association said the strike was a warning against what it called "the arbitrariness of some judicial…

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Lebanon PM says some judges stoking tension within country

Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that actions taken by some judges were heightening tensions in Lebanon, warning of potentially serious consequences for a country mired in a major financial collapse.

AFP

Lebanon judge arrests central bank head's brother

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge on Thursday arrested the brother of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh, both of whom are suspected of embezzlement and money laundering, judicial sources said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Contracts Show Lebanon’s Central Bank Obscured Recipients of Commissions

For more than a decade, Lebanon's central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities without making clear that the bulk of those commissions went to a company controlled by the brother of the central bank's governor, according to documents seen by Reuters. Four contracts…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Judge Sues Police Chief over Central Bank Governor

An investigative judge on Wednesday sued Lebanon’s police chief after accusing him of preventing security forces from bringing in for questioning the central bank governor, who is accused of corruption. The move by Judge Ghada Aoun came a day after she said that a police force prevented members of State…

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The Independent UK

Divisions in Lebanon over questioning of central bank chief

An investigative judge has suggested she may sue Lebanon’s police chief, accusing him of preventing a security force from bringing in for questioning the central bank governor, who is accused of corruption

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Judge Indefinitely Extends Subpoena for Central Bank Governor

Lebanese judge Ghada Aoun Tuesday indefinitely extended a subpoena she had issued earlier this month for central bank governor Riad Salameh. This came after Salameh failed to show up to an interrogation session on Tuesday, Aoun told Reuters. Aoun has sought to interrogate Salameh as a witness in several cases…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Gets German Query on Cenbank Governor Finances

Lebanon has received a letter from Germany asking for information relating to the finances of Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Lebanese Justice Minister Henry Khoury confirmed to Reuters that he had received two German letters and had handed them to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Luxembourg Asks Lebanon for Information on Salameh's Finances –Source

Lebanon received a letter from Luxembourg authorities asking for information relating to Lebanon Central Bank Chief Riad Salameh's bank accounts and assets, a senior Lebanese judicial source confirmed to Reuters. The source did not elaborate. A spokesperson for Luxembourg's judiciary confirmed to Reuters in November it had opened "a criminal…

Reuters

Luxembourg asks Lebanon for information on central bank chief's finances -Lebanese source

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Cen Bank Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Conscience Is Clear, Campaign Against Me Is Political

The daily protests that surround Lebanon's Central Bank in the heart of the capital Beirut have not impacted the operations at the building.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Judge Subpoenas Central Bank Governor amid Misconduct Probe

A Lebanese judge said on Tuesday she had issued a subpoena for central bank governor Riad Salameh after he failed to show up for interrogation sessions as part of her probe into alleged misconduct initiated after Lebanon's 2019 financial meltdown. Judge Ghada Aoun confirmed to Reuters that she issued the…

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