Cash-strapped Lebanon to probe ‘suspicious’ capital flight

Cash-strapped Lebanon to probe ‘suspicious’ capital flight

Author: AFPID: 1577379171279477200Thu, 2019-12-26 15:39BEIRUT: Cash-strapped Lebanon's central bank governor Thursday said he would investigate reports of large transfers of money abroad, which if confirmed, would mark a violation of banking restrictions curtailing such transactions."We will do everything premissable by law to investigate all transfers (abroad) that happened in 2019,“ Riad Salameh said after a meeting with lawmakers in parliament."If there are suspicious funds, we will be able to find out,“ he told reporters.