BEIRUT (AP) The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Thursday on two Lebanon businessmen and a lawmaker, saying they have profited from corruption while the country struggles through its worst economic crisis in modern history.
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The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on two top Lebanese contractors and a lawmaker close to the Hezbollah movement over alleged large-scale corruption that undermined the rule of law in Lebanon.
Lebanese tycoons Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury as well as lawmaker Jamil Sayyed have been slapped with sanctions for allegedly benefitting from corruption in Lebanon.