On 16 February, VoA reported that the whereabouts of Lebanon’s Central Bank head Riad Salameh is not known, and observers say he appears to be on the run after police raided his office and 2 homes. Salameh has come under intense scrutiny since the collapse of Lebanon’s banking sector in 2019; and Germany, Luxembourg, France, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are also investigating him on suspicion of money laundering.
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