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Germany, France, Luxembourg freeze 120 million euros in Lebanese assets

Image credits: The Central Bank of Lebanon guarded by security forces (The Levant archive).

France, Germany and Luxembourg have seized properties and frozen assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a major operation linked to money laundering in Lebanon, the EU's justice agency said Monday.

"Five properties in Germany and France were seized as well as several bank accounts," were frozen, the Hague-based Eurojust said in a statement.

Source: Naharnet.com

 
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