Cracking down on corruption: French Prosecutors mission in Lebanon

Cracking down on corruption: French Prosecutors mission in Lebanon

Prosecutor in France and founder of the Sherpa association, William Bourdon, has confirmed that "the case filed against the governor of the Central Bank Riad Salameh, in France is reaching its conclusion, and the current objective is to open other files against individuals who participated with the governor in the crimes committed and those who caused the major collapse in Lebanon, as well as others who contributed to the widespread corruption.

This is part of the effort to end the prevailing impunity in Lebanon.

He announced that his office had initiated the necessary procedures to open these files and called on other offices to take similar actions to seek justice for the Lebanese people.

This article is originally published in, translated from Lebanon newspaper Nidaa al-Watan.

During a press conference at the Bar Association, he explained that "this process will not directly return the money to depositors, but it will restore rights to the Lebanese state. Another path related to the depositors emerged after discovering files and suspicions in several Lebanese banks and their branches abroad regarding manipulation of accounting restrictions and budgets and other abnormal matters currently under investigation in preparation for filing a complaint. If a result is reached, a lawsuit will