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BEIRUT: Ten reformist MPs issued a joint statement on Thursday demanding the immediate removal of Riad Salameh from his position as central bank governor. The MPs condemned Salameh’s approach of “financing the policies of successive governments without accountability” and pledged to form a parliamentary investigation committee. Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar reported on Thursday

BEIRUT: Raja Salameh, the brother of Lebanon’s central bank governor, on Thursday appeared before a team of European judges investigating financial crimes and international money laundering involving more than $330 million. The judicial delegation, headed by French judge Aude Buresi, heard Salameh’s testimony at the Beirut Palace of Justice as part of investigations by

Beirut: The second hearing between a European legal delegation and Marianne Hoayek, the assistant to the governor of the central bank o... | News Track

BEIRUT: A European judicial delegation on Friday completed its second hearing with Marianne Hoayek, assistant to the governor of Lebanon’s central bank. Hoayek is being questioned as a suspect in a money laundering case involving European bank accounts belonging to Gov. Riad Salameh and his brother Raja Salameh. The EU judicial delegation also questioned Madeleine Shaheen,

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top prosecutor has sought to freeze European bank accounts belonging to central bank chief Riad Salameh,...

Lebanons top prosecutor has sought to freeze European bank accounts belonging to central bank chief Riad Salameh, a senior judicial source said, days after five European states seized assets related...

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