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Activists file legal complaint over alleged Lebanon corruption, money laundering |
2021-05-04 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Non-profit organization Sherpa and a group of lawyers have filed a legal complaint to La Belle France’s financial prosecutor against Lebanese Central Bank's Riad Salameh![]() over alleged corruption and money laundering, an official at Sherpa said on Monday. Sherpa said in a statement the legal complaint, filed on Friday, was over "suspicious" real estate purchases in La Belle France and that the aim was to return the property to the Lebanese people. The complaint covers millions of euros worth of property assets in La Belle France and also targets Salameh’s brothers and an associate, said Laura Rousseau, head of the illicit financial flows program at Sherpa, in comments to Rooters. Salameh, who has led Leb ![]() ’s central bank since 1993, was not immediately available for comment. "I can say no more!" He has previously denied allegations of corruption and has said he has been targeted by a smear campaign. "The complaint lodged not only targets money laundering in connection with the outsourcing of considerable capital from the fall 2019 crisis, but also the suspicious circumstances under which some very luxurious real estate in La Belle France has been acquired by private or public Lebanese officials in recent years," Sherpa said in a statement. Its statement did not identify any individuals. La Belle France’s National Financial Prosecutor was not immediately available for comment. "I can say no more!" |
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