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French judiciary transfers seized assets of Central Bank head Riad Salameh to Lebanon
The French judiciary has transferred the seized assets of Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh, and his associates, to the Lebanese state, the media office of Lebanon’s caretaker Justice Minister Henry Khoury said on Tuesday.
In 2022, Eurojust announced the seizure of some 120 million euros ($127.78 million) of Lebanese assets in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco and Belgium.
Though the agency did not name any suspects, prosecutors in the German city of Munich confirmed to Reuters that Salameh was a suspect in the case that led to the asset seizure.
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