Salameh was previously accused of financial misdemeanours in a report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its Lebanese partner Daraj, in August last year.
The report claims Salameh and his family own $100m of assets worldwide including real estate in Germany, Belgium, and the UK, and have used several overseas shell companies to illegitimately amass wealth.
Salameh has recently come under fire for his handling of Lebanon s financial crisis, which has seen the country s currency, the Lebanese pound, lose more than 80 per cent of its value.
The government defaulted on a $1.2m Eurobond debt in March and started talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure a rescue package, but negotiations stalled.
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BEIRUT Lebanon’s justice minister said on Tuesday she had received a request from Swiss judicial authorities to cooperate on an inquiry into money transfers…
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2021-01-19 14:35:45 GMT2021-01-19 22:35:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIRUT, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh rejected on Tuesday accusations about having transferred millions of U.S. dollars abroad along with his brother and an assistant, a statement by Banque du Liban reported. The governor confirms that, as always, Banque du Liban adheres to the Lebanese and international laws, and cooperates with all those concerned with Lebanon and its financial and banking status both at home and abroad, the statement said.
Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm said earlier in the day that she had received a request from Swiss judicial authorities to cooperate on an inquiry into money transfers by Salameh.