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European investigators in Beirut questioned an assistant to Lebanon's central bank governor on Thursday as part of a probe into whether the governor embezzled and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds, local media and a judicial source said.

Lebanese and European judicial authorities have agreed to exchange information about their probes of Lebanon's Central Bank governor who has been accused of corruption

French prosecutors have told Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh they plan to press preliminary fraud and money laundering charges against him, partly based on allegedly forged bank statements used to conceal his wealth, according to French court documents seen by Reuters. The accusation of using fake account statements, which…

French prosecutors have told Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh they plan to press preliminary fraud and money laundering charges against him, partly based on allegedly forged bank statements used to conceal his wealth, according to French court documents seen by Reuters.

The Lebanese judiciary has received a French judicial writ summoning Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to appear before French judge Aude Buresi in Paris, an informed judicial source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The source said the French questioning is separate from the investigations that Paris is running in Beirut with other…

AThe Paris Court of Appeal will debate on Tuesday the validity of a large number of seizures made on the real estate and banking assets in Europe of the governor of Lebanon's central bank, Riad Salameh, who is suspected of having acquired them through massive misappropriation of Lebanese public funds.…

Lebanese judicial officials say that a European legal team has finished two days of questioning of the country's central bank governor in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

Officials say Lebanon's Central Bank chief has again been charged with corruption, this time after he failed to show up for questioning before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge has summoned central bank governor Riad Salameh for questioning next week, a judicial official said Monday, as the crisis-hit country advances an embezzlement probe parallel to European investigations.

Banks in Switzerland are holding a substantial amount of the millions of dollars Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is accused of embezzling, Swiss media reported on Sunday. Salameh, 72, faces investigations related to suspicions of money laundering and illicit enrichment in Lebanon and abroad after he amassed a fortune…

Geneva (AFP) - Banks in Switzerland are holding a substantial amount of the millions of dollars Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is accused of embezzling, Swiss media reported on Sunday.