US EditionFormer Lebanese minister ordered released on $100,000 bail amid financial crime allegations
Amin Salam, detained six months over charges including forgery and embezzlement, secured release on $100,000 bail with a six-month travel ban as trial awaits.
- On Tuesday, Lebanon's judiciary approved a $100,000 bail for Amin Salam, former economy minister, after six months in detention.
- Detained in June, Amin Salam faces charges including forgery, embezzlement and misuse of public funds linked to suspicious contracts and alleged extortion of private insurance companies; Karim Salam, his brother, was arrested earlier this year and Fadi Tamim, Salam's adviser, was convicted in 2023.
- Amid efforts to reform the battered economy, President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam vowed this year to prioritise fighting endemic corruption and uphold judicial independence.
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Former Lebanese minister ordered released on $100,000 bail amid financial crime allegations
Officials say Lebanon's judicial authorities have ordered the release of a former economy minister on $100,000 bail after months of detention over alleged financial crimes.
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