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Lebanon’s former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, was arrested on Tuesday following a judicial hearing in the capital, Beirut, a senior judicial source told Reuters. Salameh has been charged in Lebanon with financial crimes, including money laundering, embezzlement, and illicit enrichment. He has denied all wrongdoing. Neither he nor his lawyer immediately responded to Reuters’ attempts to reach them for comment on Tuesday. The judicial source said Salameh was arrested at Lebanon’s justice palace following a hearing about the central bank’s dealings with Optimum Invest. According to its we…

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