Judge and security forces raid Lebanon’s central bank

BEIRUT-

A LebaneseWith an investigative judge securityPolice raided the property Central Bankon TuesdayA divisive investigation was launched against the embattled Governor of the country.

Judge Ghada AounHad been conducting an investigation Governor Riad Salameh, andIn MarchIllicit enrichment was brought against him and money laundering.

A few of these EuropeanThese countries include Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, and LiechtensteinYou can also investigate Salamehfor money laundering and embezzlement.

InLate MarchIn an initiative by Germany, France, and Luxembourg?, European UnionThe $130 million in value of frozen LebaneseAssets belonging five unnamed Lebanese. TheyThey were accused of embezzling $330 million andBetween 2002 and 2002, 5 million euros ($5.5million) and 2021. ItIt is widely believed to be true Riad Salameh andHis brother RajaThese are just a few of them.

LebanonA staggering economic crisis has left over three-quarters its population in poverty.

ManyHold SalamehThe crisis was caused by policies that increased national debt andThe following are the causes LebaneseTo lose 90% of its currency against the dollar, the pound. The 71 year-old Central BankGovernor still receives support from post Lebanon’sPolitical parties andServed in this post for almost three decades.

TheJudge arrived at the Central BankIn the heart of it all: BeirutWith personnel starting at Lebanese State Security, andEnter the premises to search for Salameh.

AounAfter leaving the premises, she told the media that she had not found it. Salameh andHe couldn’t find him in the office of the building. andStorage rooms “We immediately received a judicial order (to leave),”she said.

State security forcesEarlier TuesdayRaid Salameh’sHe was at home, but he wasn’t there.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib MikatiThe sentence was raidIt is called a statement. “brash”Move for sensitive information in the troubled nation

“What is required is to solve this case with a prior political agreement on a central bank governor, and then take the appropriate legal course after,” Mikati said.

Judge Aounpursued SalamehFor months, the investigation was divisive. In JanuaryAs a result, she frozen his assets. “precautionary measure, “After he failed to show up for questioning in a suit filed by a Lebanese anti-corruption group.

SheAlso, they were charged Salameh’s brother, RajaYou were involved in the formation three illusive corporations in FranceAssoc. Ukrainian citizen Anna KosakovaYou can buy real estate in the area worth close to $12 million. RajaHe was taken into custody March andReleased in MayRecord bail of $3.7 billion

08:05ET 19-07-22