Riad Bin Tawfiq Salamah
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Last update: 05/06/2026
Name: Riad Bin Tawfiq Salamah
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Birth:
1950, 1951, 1952, 1950-07-17 Antelias
Nationality:
FRA, LBN
Person type:
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Name original:
رياض سلامة
Other names:
Riad Salamé, Riad Salameh, Riad Salame, Riad Toufik Salame, Riad Toufic Salame, Riad Bin Tawfiq Salamah, Riyad Salimi, Riyad Tawfeek Salameh, Riad Toufic Salameh
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Sanctions
| table.sanction.head.program | table.sanction.head.reason |
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| [OFAC.LEBANON] - Lebanon related Sanctions | Program LEBANON |
| [CAN.JUSTICE_FOR_VICTIMS_OF_CORRUPT_FOREIGN_OFFICIALS_REGULATIONS] - Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act | |
| - | (UK Sanctions List Ref):GAC0043. (UK Statement of Reasons):Riad SALAMEH is an involved person under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 on the basis that he, as a foreign public offi |
| - | Riad SALAMEH is an involved person under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 on the basis that he, as a foreign public official, has been involved in serious corruption. Specifically |
Adverse media
- https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-libano-imputado-enriquecimiento-ilicito-gobernador-banco-central-libano-riad-salame-20220321184628.html
- https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/28/lebanon-central-banker-probed-in-money-laundering-investigation
- https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/28/lebanon-central-banker-probed-in-money-laundering-investigation
- https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2022/lebanon-central-bank-chief-nevada-man-chargedseparate-money-laundering-crimes/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-central-banker-says-ready-answer-swiss-questions-probe-2022-04-14/
- https://www.siasat.com/lebanon-arrests-actor-stephanie-saliba-over-central-bank-governor-case-2476976/
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/embezzled-lebanese-cash-swiss-banks-media-report-3306911
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/embezzled-lebanese-cash-swiss-banks-media-report-3306911
- https://g7.news/noticias/2023/02/23/governador-do-banco-central-do-libano-acusado-de-corrupcao
- https://g7.news/noticias/2023/02/23/governador-do-banco-central-do-libano-acusado-de-corrupcao
- https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/afp/2023/02/26/fundos-desviados-do-banco-central-do-libano-foram-transferidos-para-suica-afirma-jornal.htm
- https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/afp/2023/02/26/fundos-desviados-do-banco-central-do-libano-foram-transferidos-para-suica-afirma-jornal.htm
- https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-justicia-libano-cita-declarar-gobernador-banco-central-acusado-blanqueo-capitales-20230306172420.html
- https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-justicia-libano-cita-declarar-gobernador-banco-central-acusado-blanqueo-capitales-20230306172420.html
- https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-justicia-libano-cita-declarar-gobernador-banco-central-acusado-blanqueo-capitales-20230306172420.html
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230315-lebanon-central-bank-chief-snubs-european-investigators
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230315-lebanon-central-bank-chief-snubs-european-investigators
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230315-lebanon-central-bank-chief-snubs-european-investigators
- https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-libano-ministerio-justicia-libano-ordena-detener-gobernador-banco-central-hermano-asesora-20230315175424.html
- https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-libano-ministerio-justicia-libano-ordena-detener-gobernador-banco-central-hermano-asesora-20230315175424.html
- https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-libano-ministerio-justicia-libano-ordena-detener-gobernador-banco-central-hermano-asesora-20230315175424.html
- https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-libano-ministerio-justicia-libano-ordena-detener-gobernador-banco-central-hermano-asesora-20230315175424.html
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/03/15/riad-salemeh-lebanese-judiciary-charges-central-bank-governor-with-money-laundering/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/03/15/riad-salemeh-lebanese-judiciary-charges-central-bank-governor-with-money-laundering/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/03/15/riad-salemeh-lebanese-judiciary-charges-central-bank-governor-with-money-laundering/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/03/15/riad-salemeh-lebanese-judiciary-charges-central-bank-governor-with-money-laundering/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/03/15/riad-salemeh-lebanese-judiciary-charges-central-bank-governor-with-money-laundering/
- https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/17417-who-is-riad-salame-lebanons-central-bank-chief-accused-of-embezzlement
- https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/17417-who-is-riad-salame-lebanons-central-bank-chief-accused-of-embezzlement
- https://www.cdt.ch/news/riciclaggio-di-denaro-fondi-libanesi-tenuti-sotto-sequestro-314507
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/04/27/riad-salamehs-former-assistant-to-face-european-investigators/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/04/27/riad-salamehs-former-assistant-to-face-european-investigators/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/04/27/riad-salamehs-former-assistant-to-face-european-investigators/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2023/04/27/riad-salamehs-former-assistant-to-face-european-investigators/
- https://www.barrons.com/news/lebanon-banking-chief-set-to-miss-paris-hearing-judicial-official-7368136b
- https://www.barrons.com/news/lebanon-banking-chief-set-to-miss-paris-hearing-judicial-official-7368136b
- https://www.barrons.com/news/lebanon-banking-chief-set-to-miss-paris-hearing-judicial-official-7368136b
- https://www.barrons.com/news/lebanon-banking-chief-set-to-miss-paris-hearing-judicial-official-7368136b
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%25C3%25ADbano-corrupci%25C3%25B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%25C3%25A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%25C3%25ADbano-corrupci%25C3%25B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%25C3%25A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%25C3%25ADbano-corrupci%25C3%25B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%25C3%25A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%25C3%25ADbano-corrupci%25C3%25B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%25C3%25A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%25C3%25ADbano-corrupci%25C3%25B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%25C3%25A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%C3%ADbano-corrupci%C3%B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%C3%A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%C3%ADbano-corrupci%C3%B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%C3%A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%C3%ADbano-corrupci%C3%B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%C3%A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%C3%ADbano-corrupci%C3%B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%C3%A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/l%C3%ADbano-corrupci%C3%B3n_confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-liban%C3%A9s-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/48538716
- https://elnuevodiario.com.do/confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-libanes-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/
- https://elnuevodiario.com.do/confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-libanes-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/
- https://elnuevodiario.com.do/confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-libanes-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/
- https://elnuevodiario.com.do/confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-libanes-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/
- https://elnuevodiario.com.do/confiscan-pasaportes-del-jefe-de-banco-central-libanes-tras-orden-de-arresto-internacional/
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230524/8992391/confiscan-pasaportes-jefe-banco-central-libanes-orden-arresto-internacional.html
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230524/8992391/confiscan-pasaportes-jefe-banco-central-libanes-orden-arresto-internacional.html
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230524/8992391/confiscan-pasaportes-jefe-banco-central-libanes-orden-arresto-internacional.html
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230524/8992391/confiscan-pasaportes-jefe-banco-central-libanes-orden-arresto-internacional.html
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230524/8992391/confiscan-pasaportes-jefe-banco-central-libanes-orden-arresto-internacional.html
- https://www.corrierepl.it/2023/07/29/governatore-banca-centrale-libanese-riciclaggio-di-denaro-in-lussemburgo-perquisite-societa/
- https://www.corrierepl.it/2023/07/29/governatore-banca-centrale-libanese-riciclaggio-di-denaro-in-lussemburgo-perquisite-societa/
- https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/31/tres-decadas-y-una-crisis-despues-salameh-deja-el-bc-del-libano-imputado-por-corrupcion/
- https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/31/tres-decadas-y-una-crisis-despues-salameh-deja-el-bc-del-libano-imputado-por-corrupcion/
- https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/31/tres-decadas-y-una-crisis-despues-salameh-deja-el-bc-del-libano-imputado-por-corrupcion/
- https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/31/tres-decadas-y-una-crisis-despues-salameh-deja-el-bc-del-libano-imputado-por-corrupcion/
- https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/31/tres-decadas-y-una-crisis-despues-salameh-deja-el-bc-del-libano-imputado-por-corrupcion/
- https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230810-us-uk-canada-sanction-lebanon-s-former-central-bank-governor-over-alleged-corruption
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199706/middle-east
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220317-lebanon-judge-arrests-central-bank-head-s-brother
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220317-lebanon-judge-arrests-central-bank-head-s-brother
- https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/05/12/Lebanon-central-bank-governor-released-on-66-mln-bail
- https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220421-lebanon-judge-seizes-property-of-central-bank-governors-brother/
- https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220421-lebanon-judge-seizes-property-of-central-bank-governors-brother/
- http://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/kianweiaritcles/2022-01-12-story-h1597321991-Lebanese_judge_imposes_travel_ban_on_central_bank_governor_amid_probe.jsp
- http://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/kianweiaritcles/2022-01-12-story-h1597321991-Lebanese_judge_imposes_travel_ban_on_central_bank_governor_amid_probe.jsp
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2021/07/16/french-judges-probe-lebanon-ex-central-banker-over-money-laundering
- https://yalibnan.com/2021/04/03/uk-crime-agency-considers-investigating-lebanon-corruption-report/
- https://yalibnan.com/2021/04/03/uk-crime-agency-considers-investigating-lebanon-corruption-report/
- https://yalibnan.com/2021/04/03/uk-crime-agency-considers-investigating-lebanon-corruption-report/
- https://expresso.pt/internacional/2021-07-16-Juizes-de-instrucao-de-Paris-investigam-Governador-do-Banco-Central-do-Libano-153c693f
- https://expresso.pt/internacional/2021-07-16-Juizes-de-instrucao-de-Paris-investigam-Governador-do-Banco-Central-do-Libano-153c693f
- https://www.agenzianova.com/news/libano-laeroporto-di-beirut-al-buio-e-lultimo-effetto-della-crisi-economica-e-sociale-in-cui-sprofonda-il-paese/
- https://www.agenzianova.com/news/libano-laeroporto-di-beirut-al-buio-e-lultimo-effetto-della-crisi-economica-e-sociale-in-cui-sprofonda-il-paese/
- https://www.agenzianova.com/news/libano-laeroporto-di-beirut-al-buio-e-lultimo-effetto-della-crisi-economica-e-sociale-in-cui-sprofonda-il-paese/
- https://yalibnan.com/2024/09/09/uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes
- https://yalibnan.com/2024/09/09/uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes
- https://yalibnan.com/2024/09/09/uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uncovering-the-scandal-judge-halawis-mission-to-expose-the-truth-behind-riad-salamehs-alleged-financial-crimes
- https://www.amlintelligence.com/2025/04/news-hsbc-accused-of-ignoring-red-flags-in-money-laundering-case-worth-hundreds-of-millions/
- https://www.amlintelligence.com/2025/04/news-hsbc-accused-of-ignoring-red-flags-in-money-laundering-case-worth-hundreds-of-millions/
- https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lebanons-ex-central-bank-governors-embezzlement-case-sparks-applause-and-doubts
- https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lebanons-ex-central-bank-governors-embezzlement-case-sparks-applause-and-doubts
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/european-prosecutors-question-lebanon-finance-minister-over-central-bank-2023-05-05/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/european-prosecutors-question-lebanon-finance-minister-over-central-bank-2023-05-05/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/european-prosecutors-question-lebanon-finance-minister-over-central-bank-2023-05-05/
- https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lebanon-moves-to-indict-ex-central-bank-chief
- https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lebanon-moves-to-indict-ex-central-bank-chief
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1. Does Riad Bin Tawfiq Salamah have any sanctions?
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| Name | Info | Source |
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| Public sources of adverse media | label.source.info.adverse_media | |
| Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets | Sanctioned | GBR-OFSI GBR |
| Interpol - Red Notices for wanted persons | Adverse info | INTERPOL |
| Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN) | Sanctioned | USA-OFAC USA |
| Government of Canada | Sanctioned | CAN |
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