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Lebanon agrees bail for ex-central bank chief: judicial officials

Lebanon’s judiciary agreed Tuesday to the release on bail of more than $20 million of former central bank governor Riad Salameh, detained for nearly a year on embezzlement charges
He is widely viewed as a key culprit in Lebanon’s economic crash, which the World Bank has called one of the worst in recent history, but has defended his legacy, insisting he is a “scapegoat“

By AFP · 26 August 2025