Financial Times: Suitcases full of dollars are American tools in Lebanon’
According to Al-Mayadin, the English newspaper “Financial Times” wrote about Riad Salameh, the former head of the Central Bank of Lebanon, who is also known as America’s number one financial man in this country: Salameh has a flash memory containing information about his work abroad. Sent from the country.
According to this report, in June 2021, while Lebanon was suffering from a devastating economic crisis, Riyad Salameh landed at the Paris airport with his private plane. French customs officials found a large number of illegal bundles of money in his luggage.
Salameh, who also has French citizenship, initially claimed that he had only 15,000 euros with him, but after checking his luggage, it was found that he had more than 84,000 euros and 7,000 dollars with him. When the French customs officials asked him about the said money, Salameh easily said that he had forgotten that it was in his luggage!
The Financial Times continued to write: It seems that while the people of Lebanon have been facing problems in providing their basic necessities due to the collapse of the country’s banking system, Salameh had forgotten thousands of dollars and euros in his suitcase. This issue shows the deep gap between his way of life and Lebanese citizens.
According to this report, Salameh is leaving the offices of the Central Bank of Lebanon after 30 years, as he is accused of leading the country to destruction and economic bankruptcy. He is the focus of judicial investigations in Lebanon, America and seven European countries, two of which have so far issued arrest warrants for him. The US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York has also started an investigation into Salameh’s case.
This newspaper further wrote: It is expected that Salameh will remain in Lebanon so as not to be subjected to arrest and interrogation abroad. Lebanese banks are worried about the leakage of information related to the transfer of money of wealthy people from this country during the Lebanese financial crisis.
The head of the Central Bank of Lebanon has resigned from the headship of the Central Bank, Lebanon’s largest financial institution, after 30 years of relying on Erika Qodrat. They know Washington and his mismanagement.
“Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed” news website reported that the 73-year-old Salameh’s tenure at the Central Bank of Lebanon has ended, and this is while he claims that he has worked to maintain the stability of the lira and the collapsed economy of Lebanon.
