ALBAWABA - A French court has issued an international arrest warrant against the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, Riad Salameh, AFP reported.
French prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salame.
The offshore wealth of Salame has been the focus of two OCCRP investigations 🇱🇧 https://t.co/1bmRsBCYiw— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) May 16, 2023
The French judge in charge of investigating the funds and property of the Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon issued an international arrest warrant against him on Tuesday, after the latter failed to attend an interrogation session in Paris.
French prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanese Central Bank governor Riad Salameh on Tuesday, according to sources close to the casehttps://t.co/a6vTjyEYTg
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) May 16, 2023
Salameh was supposed to appear in the interrogation session to respond to the accusations levelled at him on how he accumulated large assets in Europe.
Salameh's lawyer claimed that the reason behind his client's absence from the session was due to the fact that he was "not informed of the obligation to appear before the French judiciary."
In May 2021, a lawsuit was filed in France regarding suspicions of corruption in Lebanon, targeting Salameh, his brother, and one of his assistants.
French prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salameh, who slammed the move and promised to appeal https://t.co/A459PpWnoQ pic.twitter.com/y5mH8PxKVt
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 16, 2023
He, however, denies the accusations, saying that he bought all his property in France before assuming the position of Lebanon's Central Bank's Governor, which he held for more than three decades.
