Canada Joins US, Britain in Sanctioning Lebanese Trio Accused of Embezzlement

Canada is joining peers in leveraging sanctions on a trio of people tied to an alleged embezzlement scandal at Lebanon’s central bank. Riad Salameh, right, Lebanon's outgoing Central Bank governor, greets employees at a farewell ceremony marking the end of his 30 years in office outside the Central Bank building, in Beirut, July 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP/Hassan Ammar

Canada is joining peers in leveraging sanctions on a trio of people tied to an alleged embezzlement scandal at Lebanon’s central bank.

The sanctions apply to former bank governor Riad Salameh, his brother Raja Salameh and his former assistant Marianne Hoayek.