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EXPLAINED: Ghada aoun - The Real Truth

Now a wanted man, Lebanon’s central bank head steps down

Amid accusations of fraud, a tarnished end to a governorship that started in 1993 at the request of the PM.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon Legal Council Dismisses Judge Ghada Aoun

The Lebanese judiciary's disciplinary council on Thursday decided to remove from office one of the judges who has brought charges against the country's central bank governor and commercial banks. A number of domestic and foreign probes have been launched against Lebanon's financial officials following decades of profligate spending and mismanagement.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon legal council dismisses judge investigating corruption

The Lebanese judiciary's disciplinary council on Thursday decided to remove from office one of the judges who has brought charges against the country's central bank governor and commercial banks.

Reuters

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Travel Ban on Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Lifted

A travel ban on Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh was lifted on Thursday by prosecutor Ghada Aoun, the state news agency (NNA) reported. Salameh is part of a political class widely blamed for Lebanon's unprecedented economic crisis. He is the target of a series of judicial investigations both at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Travel ban on Lebanon's central bank governor lifted - prosecutor

A travel ban on Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh was lifted on Thursday, public prosecutor Ghada Aoun told Reuters, in a move aimed at paving the way for him to attend a hearing in Paris related to a cross-border graft probe.

Reuters

Lebanese judge lifts travel ban for central bank governor

A Lebanese judge has rescinded a travel ban she had placed on the country’s embattled central bank governor, clearing the way for him to travel to Paris for a scheduled hearing with French prosecutors next month

The Independent UK

French Judiciary Summons Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor for Interrogation in Paris

The Lebanese judiciary has received a French judicial writ summoning Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to appear before French judge Aude Buresi in Paris, an informed judicial source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The source said the French questioning is separate from the investigations that Paris is running in Beirut with other…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanon: Mikati Rejects Accusations of Interfering in Judiciary

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati reiterated that his calls on the outgoing Interior Minister to block judicial “violations” taken by FPM Judge Ghada Aoun against local banks are not considered an interference in the judiciary. He emphasized that some decisions must be taken for the good of the country. “We…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Banks Respond to Mikati's Request to End Strike

The Association of Banks in Lebanon is expected to halt an open-ended strike they began earlier this week after assurances made by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati that no controversial litigation are to be taken against them by the FPM-affiliated judge Ghada Aoun. On Wednesday, Mikati requested caretaker Interior Minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Banks Warn against Lebanon 'Isolation'

Banks in Lebanon warned of the “gravity” of judicial accusations leveled against a number of them for “money laundering” and said that this will have repercussions on banking transactions. In a first, a new lawsuit affected an Arab bank operating in Lebanon, which is the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK).…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese actress linked to Central Bank governor arrested

Lebanese judicial officials and the state-run National News Agency say an actress with links to the country’s Central Bank governor has been placed under arrest after showing up for questioning

The Independent UK

Lebanese prosecutor seeks to question actress in Salameh graft probe

A Lebanese prosecutor said on Thursday she had ordered security forces to bring in for questioning a Lebanese actress for whom central bank chief Riad Salameh was suspected of buying luxury property using ill-gotten gains.

Reuters

Lebanon: Judicial Report Lists Judge Aoun’s Violations in Raiding Central Bank

Wide political and judicial criticisms arose on Thursday after the latest raid conducted by Lebanese investigative judge Ghada Aoun against the country's Central Bank headquarters in Beirut’s Hamra area, in an attempt to arrest its governor, Riad Salameh. The incident triggered dismay among employees of the Central Bank who went…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Central Bank workers strike after judge raids HQ

Judge Ghada Aoun was attempting to carry out an arrest warrant for the bank’s governor, Riad Salameh.

Al Jazeera

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The Independent UK

Judge and security forces raid Lebanon's central bank

A Lebanese investigative judge and security personnel have raided the Central Bank in a probe against the country's embattled governor

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese PM: Agreement Needed on New C.bank Chief Before Probe Takes Course

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Tuesday a political agreement on a new central bank governor was required before a probe into current head Riad Salameh progresses. He made his comments shortly after a judicial raid on the Beirut headquarters of Banque du Liban, a move Mikati denounced as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Security Forces Raid Central Bank Chief’s Home to Execute Subpoena

Lebanon's state security agency raided a house belonging to central bank Governor Riad Salameh on Tuesday night to execute a judge's subpoena, a judicial source and a security source told Reuters. The subpoena was issued in February by Judge Ghada Aoun after Salameh failed to show up for questioning as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Judge Lifts Travel Ban on 2 Bankers

A Lebanese judge on Tuesday lifted travel bans imposed last month on two senior Lebanese bankers as part of an ongoing probe into transactions between commercial banks and the central bank, the judge told Reuters. Judge Ghada Aoun said she lifted the travel bans on Blom Bank head Saad Azhari…

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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Skips Hearing Session

Lebanon’s judiciary on Thursday adjourned until June the questioning of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh in a corruption case brought against him on March 21. A lawyer for Salameh presented a preliminary defense of his client against the charges at Thursday's hearing, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. “Mount Lebanon First…

Reuters

Lebanon's cenbank chief stays away from corruption hearing -state media

Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh did not attend on Thursday a judicial hearing he was summoned to last week after being charged with corruption, prompting the judge to schedule a new hearing in June, state media reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Prosecutor Overturns Decision Barring Banks from Shipping Money

Lebanon's top prosecutor on Monday overturned a judicial decision that last week instructed customs authorities to prevent six banks from moving money out of the country, a senior judicial source told Reuters. Last week's decision by Judge Ghada Aoun prompted the banking association to warn that the banks - including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

Reuters

Lebanon's central bank chief is suspect in 120 million euro asset freeze case -German prosecutor

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rahi Refuses Turning Lebanon into a Dictatorship

Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rahi warned on Sunday from attempts to turn Lebanon into a “police state and dictatorship.” Rahi accused the authority of imposing selective and biased judiciary measures and of fabricating charges to postpone or annul the parliamentary elections scheduled next May. Rahi said those in charge in Lebanon…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Brother of Central Bank Chief Kept in Custody

A Lebanese judge decided Thursday to keep the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor in custody, a week after he was first arrested on corruption allegations, state media reported. The brothers — Governor Riad Salameh and Raja Salameh — have been charged with illegal enrichment and money laundering…

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