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Latest updates on the Banque du Liban, an entity overseeing Lebanon's banking sector, currency and monetary policy

Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh is facing charges at home and abroad. AFP

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The rise and fall of Lebanon's former central banker Riad Salameh

LebanonAugust 26, 2025

Placards and banners of Nabih Berri and Musa al Sadr, leader and founder of the Amal Party, a predominantly Shia Lebanese political party with affiliations with Hezbollah. Matt Kynaston for The National.

Lebanon banks banned from dealing with Hezbollah's financial networks

MENAJuly 15, 2025

A protester flashes the victory sign during a rally in Beirut in September 2022. Lebanon's financial crisis has stoked widespread discontent. EPA

Lebanon could seek $1bn in damages in foreign courts over country’s largest financial scandal

MENAApril 22, 2025

Raja Salameh is suspected of having helped Riad Salameh embezzle more than $330 million through a slush fund at the central bank. Photo: NNA

Raja Salameh under investigation in France in corruption probe

MENAAugust 07, 2024

Riad Salameh is suspected of having embezzled more than $330 million in public money through a slush fund set up at Lebanon's central bank when he was governor. Reuters

Lebanon's central bank joins inquiry into alleged corruption by Salameh

MENAJuly 15, 2024

Monetary policies of Lebanon's central bank have been blamed for the country's economic crisis. AP

New fraud allegations hit Lebanon central bank over $8 billion scheme

MENAApril 09, 2024

A demonstrator adds fuel to a fire during a protest outside the headquarters of the Lebanese central bank in Beirut. EPA

Lebanon left in limbo as elite 'sabotage' third recovery plan

LebanonMarch 19, 2024

Lebanon's once seemingly robust financial sector collapsed in 2019, with losses surpassing $70 billion and causing insolvency in banks and the destruction of the local currency. AP

'A dangerous turning point': Lebanon suspends financial watchdog

MENAJanuary 08, 2024

Riad Salameh greets employees on his last working day as the head of the central bank in Beirut. EPA

Riad Salameh's inner circle planned to thwart corruption probe, investigation reveals

LebanonNovember 17, 2023

The building housing the Optimum offices in Beirut.

Lebanese central bank broker accused of 'extravagant' irregularities

LebanonSeptember 06, 2023

Riad Salameh greets employees on his last working day as the head of the Lebanon's central bank. EPA

Lebanese judge seeks arrest of former central bank governor Riad Salameh

LebanonAugust 03, 2023

Wassim Mansouri, newly appointed interim governor of Lebanon's central bank, addresses journalists on Monday. Reuters

Wassim Mansouri appointed acting head of Lebanese central bank

LebanonJuly 31, 2023

Nady Salameh, the governor's son, lived for years in a property near Hyde Park, which was valued at £3.5 million. It was a gift to Mr Salameh in 2017 from an obscure Panamanian company. The National

More than £36m in UK property seized in Salameh probe

LebanonJuly 27, 2023

Riad Salameh's business dealings were investigated by police in Luxembourg. Nick Donaldson/ Reuters

Luxembourg-raided firms allegedly used by Salameh to funnel $100m out of Lebanon

LebanonJuly 27, 2023

The Munich skyline. Unsplash

Salameh's son and nephew named as 'money-laundering accomplices' in probe

LebanonJuly 27, 2023

Former French central bank governor Christian Noyer. Getty Images

Former French central bank governor investigated over Salameh case

LebanonJuly 27, 2023

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