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French-Lebanese journalist for @TheNationalNews | previously @mediapart and @LOrientLeJour Beirut-based 🇱🇧

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Nada Maucourant Atallah
13 days
Lebanon keeps its lights on thanks to a deal with Iraq, providing just 4 hours of electricity daily. But 3 years on, it hasn't figured out how to pay Iraq. Still, new doc reveal that it plans to extend the deal until 2028, increasing the bill to $5.45B 1/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Martyr square now #لبنان_ينتفض
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
EXCLUSIVE: Today we reveal the shocking extent of the EU criminal investigation against Riad Salameh, Lebanon’s central bank chief accused of embezzling $330 million from the financially stricken country to build a real estate empire in EU and the US. 1/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Inflation in one picture. This is now the equivalent of 200$... this used to be worth 1200$. It’s only going to get worse as the BDL, with its FX reserves rapidly depleting, will have no other choice than to lift subsides. According to the governor himseft, we have 2 months left
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 months
This is a map of Beirut's diesel generators—a not-so-silent killer. A recent AUB study exposes their role in doubling carcinogenic pollutants since pre-crisis levels, when Lebanese massively turned to these polluting alternatives amid widespread blackouts. @najat_saliba
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
10 months
Took a break from Ponzi & money laundering schemes to meet the world strongest 22 yo woman: she is Lebanese and just smashed two world records. Quite the symbol of the Lebanese paradox: home of both corrupt politicians and inspiring talents
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
The anti-corruption NGO Sherpa, which prompted a judicial probe into Riad Salameh in France, resulting in his arrest warrant and EU property seizure, has now lodged a money laundering complaint against Lebanon's Prime Minister Mikati and his family
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
Ever wondered how Beirut's airport continues to operate safely? Well, the truth is, it's not. A report by ICAO, the global safety watchdog, has unveiled alarming deficiencies that must be addessed with “utmost urgency” #مطار_بيروت
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
THREAD : We have new revelations on the Swiss probe into the allegation of “aggravated money laundering” against Riad Salamé and his relatives. What’s new? What is at stake? Which companies and people are being investigated? 1/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
Leaked financial docs expose $8B FRAUD at Lebanon's central bank, 15% of the GDP at the time, which was described to me as unprecedented by experts. How did it happen? 1/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
THREAD: The Karpowership (KP) barges have cost the state more than $1.5 billion since 2013. For this price, it could have built 3 power plants. As a total blackout is looming, why haven’t we done anything to invest in durable solutions in 10 years? 1/
@lorienttoday
L'Orient Today
3 years
Eight years after Lebanon signed a contract with the Turkish power barge operator Karpowership, the deal has left a deep hole in the state’s pockets while doing little to solve the electricity crisis. @MaucourantNada has a deep dive into the contract:
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
A broker no one has ever heard of (1), a secretive set-up (2), and irregular transfers (3): Judicial documents reveal how a shell company allegedly allowed Lebanon Central bank governor, Riad Salameh, to make millions of $ from transactions with banks
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
According to judicial documents we saw, EU prosecutors have retraced an alleged "laundering process", in the Riad Salameh case, involving “layering operations”. Here is how the money was channelled, from an account at BDL to luxurious properties in Europe:
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
10 months
You've likely heard of Forry, a shell company allegedly designed to siphon off $330 million from Lebanon central bank through commissions. Now meet Optimum, BDL other brokerage firm, accused of "extravagant" irregularities : 1/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 years
In September 2020, in the midst of Lebanon's most severe crisis, BDL invested $175 million of public money in the Cedar Oxygen fund without any reasonable public disclosure of the agreement. How was the contract attributed? What has the money been used for ? 1/
@lorienttoday
L'Orient Today
2 years
"The fund’s goal was to compensate for the almost total halt in bank credits by offering companies short-term loans … [but] almost two years later, the results are far from the initial aspirations." @MaucourantNada considers the Cedar Oxygen fund:
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
The US treasury imposes sanctions on Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh, his former aid, Marianne Hoayek, his son Nady Salameh, his brother Raja Salameh, and his romantic partner Anna Kosakova
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
Faced with soaring inflation and and informal capital control, more and more Lebanese are seeking refuge in #Bitcoin . « Bitcoin transactions amount to 2 or 3 millions dollars a month, it has doubled since last year » according to @BitcoinduLiban 1/
@CommerceLevant
Le Commerce du Levant
3 years
Face à la crise, de plus en plus de Libanais se tournent vers le Bitcoin, pour contourner les restrictions bancaires, et essayer de préserver la valeur de leurs économies. Un pari qui n’est pas sans risques
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
8 months
Samir Ayoub saw 4 of his relatives burning in front of him after an Israeli strike hit their car in South Lebanon. His niece was the sole survivor. "Her 3 daughters were wailing... my niece asked me, 'My uncle, I want my children', I couldn't help them"
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
7 months
“I can't sell poison,” a farmer from Dhayra in south 🇱🇧 told us. He said that white phosphorus, which 🇮🇱 is accused to have massively used, has ruined his crops. In a region heavily dependent on agriculture, the impact on farmers could be devastating.
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
Beyond the harsh criticism of BDL's management, this is probably the main finding of the forensic audit: A&M found illegitimate commissions of $111 million after Forry's closure, which "appears to be a continuation of the commission scheme under investigation" in Lebanon & the EU
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Can’t believe that such an amazing place may be entirely flooded by a $600 million dam project funded by the World Bank @savebisri #انقذوا_مرج_بسري
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Meet the Rahme brothers, two Lebanese businessmen with vast political ties, who just got hit with US sanctions over corruption allegations – one of the rare non-Hezbollah sanctions. I investigated the Rahmes in 2021 and was faced with intimidation & potentially, spying: A THREAD
@LOrientLeJour
L'Orient-Le Jour
1 year
Les frères #Rahm é, une affaire de famille : @MaucourantNada retrace le parcours des deux milliardaires originaires de Bcharré, sous le coup de sanctions américaines. #Liban
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Marche pour la journée des droits des femmes à Beyrouth "on veut notre nationalité". La femme libanaise ne peut transmettre la nationalité à ses enfants #WomenMarch
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 months
Over 4 years into Lebanon's eco crisis with $70+ billion of financial losses. Not only the elite has done nothing to fix it, but they've sabotaged the recovery plan for the 3rd time. Deputy PM Chami told me the plan's adoption is now "highly unlikely".
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 month
Tourists, don’t be fooled. Lebanon—a lower-income country embroiled in a steep economic crisis, where 44% of the population lives in poverty—is not a cheap country. And prices keep spiking despite a stabilization of the local currency. Why?
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
I withdrew money from an @SGBLbank ATM yesterday and I received looots of these notes. No one wants them, bc they are « old » prints. Is it even legal ? How come is the bank giving me money I cannot pay with ? Someone knows ?
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Pendant ce temps, la livre libanaise a perdu plus de 80% de sa valeur, plus de 55% de la pop. vit sous le seuil de pauvreté, l’inflation s’envole à 112% alors qu’aucune réforme n’est en vue depuis 1 an et que l’enlisement politique est total... Le sens des priorités ?
@benjbarthe
benjamin barthe
4 years
Qqs centaines de militants du Hezb Al-Tahrir, un parti panislamiste, appelant à la restauration du califat, ont protesté ce midi près de l’amb France au Liban, contre « Macron le criminel » et contre les caricatures, « la honte de la France », selon un responsable du parti.
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Why are EU prosecutors quizzing Al Mawarid CEO in Salameh probe? According to Lebanese judicial files, Raja Salameh had 3 accounts at Al Mawarid, from which he withdrew massive amounts of cash, which he then deposited to Riad Salameh's account at the BDL
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
« On savait déjà que c’était un régime de corrompus, mais, mardi, ils ont franchi un cap en assassinant leur propre peuple. Toute l’élite politique est responsable. Ces criminels doivent partir », notre dernier reportage à #Beyrouth avec @JustineBabin #BeirutExplosion
@edwyplenel
Edwy Plenel
4 years
[REPORTAGE] Au Liban, la large mobilisation populaire est porteuse d’une révolution démocratique, à la fois morale et sociale. Mais saura-t-elle inventer sa traduction politique ? Correspondance de Beyrouth par @JustineBabin @MaucourantNada pour @Mediapart
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Le gouvernement #libanais vient de démissionner #liban #beirut #BeirutExplosion
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Marwan Kheireddine, a Lebanese banker and former minister, has been indicted in Paris as part of the ongoing corruption probe involving Riad Salameh. Judicial docs suggest he might have falsified banking statements for accounts hold by Raja Salameh
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
8 months
Lebanon's border conflict in numbers: - 553 🇮🇱 strikes inside 🇱🇧, almost 5 times the 113 strikes inside 🇮🇱 carried out by forces in 🇱🇧, as reported by @BeirutUrbanLab . - Daily 🇮🇱 strikes on🇱🇧 escalating, with an average increase of 1 strike every 2 days
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Les manifestants entrent maintenant dans l’association des banques (ABL), après le ministère de l’économie et de l’environnement et le ministère des affaires étrangères #beirut
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
The EU delegation's trip over the Salameh case is not a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, the country’s top Prosecutor told us, ending controversies. It requires full cooperation of the Lebanese side. And this is maybe where the key interrogation lies
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
Iraq has accepted to be paid in lollars for the provision of 500 000 tons of fuel to Lebanon (1/4 of our needs in heavy fuels and 12% of EDL's total needs in carburant) according to the Lebanese ministry of energy, 1/
@CommerceLevant
Le Commerce du Levant
3 years
Le Liban a négocié un accord pour l'importation de 500 000 tonnes de fioul, pour lequel l'Irak a accepté d'être payé en lollars. Trop riche en sulfure, ce fioul n'est cependant pas utilisable au Liban, et plusieurs pistes sont à l'étude @HarryIstepanian
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
5 months
Very privileged to have been able to talk with @nawafasalam , the first Lebanese to head the World Court, about the 'heavy' task ahead of him. Read his profile, with interviews from his long-time friends @ziadmajed and @karimbitar 👇
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
10 months
If we find gas, if the quantity/quality is acceptable, if we manage to navigate geopolitical challenges in exporting, and, most importantly, if the Lebanese elite doesn't steal the benefits... then the general public might witness an impact in years
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 months
EU's €1 billion package: - Critics denounced 'a bribe' to Lebanon to prevent migrants from reaching EU - Echoes other cash-for-migration curb deals with Tunisia, Egypt - Comes as EU Commission Pres running for reelection - No apparent conditionality
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 years
A Lebanese delegation was supposed to meet Monday with different foreign prosecutors in Paris as part of the judicial procedures into Riad Salame’s alleged money laundering activities. But Lebanon cancelled its attendance at the last minute. 1/
@LOrientLeJour
L'Orient-Le Jour
2 years
La justice libanaise a été la seule absente de cette rencontre visant à coordonner les différentes enquêtes internationales portant sur la fortune personnelle du gouverneur de la BDL. @MaucourantNada
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
If the allegations are proven to be true, the governor risks max 5 years of prison + a confiscation of his assets in Switzerland, that could, in the long run, be returned to the Lebanese 10/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Is the Lebanese lira dead? Yes, say experts, as the currency hits all time low of 100,000 to the dollar. But what’s next ? All you need to know about Lebanon’s options explained here 👇🏽
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 months
LOT of questions raised by the new EU's 1 billion aid package. Its lack of conditionality contrasts with past pressure from donors to enact political reforms. (Even) the Minister of Finance told me that corruption could hinder its impact.
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
The EU investigative team concluded with success their visit in Lebanon as part of the Salameh graft probe; they quizzed a dozen ppl, obtained key banking data, and prompted a new readiness for cooperation from insiders who were not even summoned
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
Through an investigative series spanning 5 articles, we uncovered how, country by country, Mr Salameh is alleged to have siphoned funds from Banque du Liban (BDL) into real estate in Europe and the US, the companies created to hide his tracks, and the suspected accomplices. 2/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
8 months
Israeli use of toxic white phosphorus across the Lebanese border is causing an "ecocide", with the deliberate aim of burning land, NGOs warn. Since the clashes started, the Ministry of Agriculture has recorded 328 fires due to Israeli shelling.
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
7 months
One Lebanese soldier was killed and three injured after an Israeli shelling targeted their outpost in south lebanon in what seems to be an escalation of the border conflict. This is the first time a Lebanese soldier dies since the start of the fighting.
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الجيش اللبناني
7 months
بتاريخ ٢٠٢٣/١٢/٥، تعرض مركز عسكري للجيش في منطقة النبي عويضة - العديسة لقصف من قبل العدو الإسرائيلي ما أدى إلى استشهاد عسكري وإصابة ٣ آخرين، نقلوا إلى أحد المستشفيات للمعالجة. #الجيش_اللبناني #LebaneseArmy
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Guys, I know it’s 2020, but « hey I have Covid » is still NOT a pickup line
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
How the BGFI RDC bank, which was used to channel $138 million of public funds to former President Joseph Kabila’s clan, helped a conglomerate linked to alleged Hezbollah financier, to thrive, despite US sanctions? Today’s revelation of #congoholdup in @LOrientLeJour 1/
@lorienttoday
L'Orient Today
3 years
The Tajeddines, a Lebanese family who made their fortune in Africa, are at the heart of a financial scandal unveiled by the #CongoHoldUp investigation, of which @MaucourantNada from @LOrientLeJour was a part. Read more here:
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Riad Salameh’s resignation is not on the cabinet’s agenda for tomorrow, despite a memorandum sent by the deputy prime minister urging for his dismissal. Yet the agenda includes among its 72 items the change of name of a Faculty Antonine College and a new Bachelor’s program.
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Both Sri Lanka and Lebanon signed staff-level agreements with the IMF to unlock billions of dollars in loans last year. Sri Lanka just secured a $3bn bailout from IMF. Meanwhile, no news from Lebanon on the current status of the negotiations, and an economic recovery plan.
@sidhant
Sidhant Sibal
1 year
IMF approves bailout for Sri Lanka, program allows Sri Lanka to access financing of up to US$ 7 billion from the IMF, announces Sri Lanka's President office; Thanks India, China. Statement:
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
We reveal a complete mapping of Salameh’s $92 million European real estate empire, which has been seized by the judiciary, the intimate details of the investigation, including hearings, detentions, and large-scale police raids. 3/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Latest on Lebanon central bank scandal: Raja Salameh misses hearing with EU judges citing medical reasons. Marianne Hoayek, ex-assistant to the governor, faces questioning as a suspect on Thursday for her alleged involvement in the BDL embezzlement scheme
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
I had the privilege to share my experience with @RSF_inter of covering south Lebanon, where what is supposed to protect you—your press helmet and jacket—makes you feel like a target, With my brave colleagues, @Christina_assi & @ArthurSarradin
@RSF_inter
RSF
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🔴"You have the impression that, as a journalist, you’re targeted"  @MaucourantNada   Watch: "Covering the war: journalists in  #Lebanon  talk to RSF," a mini documentary made by RSF for the opening of its centre in  #Beirut . ⤵️
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
The beneficiary owner of the company is… Raja Salameh, BDL governor’s brother. Whereas it’s not unusual for a central bank to use a broker to trade its financial instruments in the secondary market, major financial and banking sources told us they never heard of Forry 4/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
La place des martyrs est pleine, comme au premier jour de la thawra, mais suite à la tragédie, c’est désormais la colère qui domine. Un faux gibet de potence a été installé au centre de la place « nous ne sommes pas venus ici pour danser » #BeirutExplosion #لبنان_يتنفض
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Pourquoi le Liban est plongé dans l’obscurité ? Au-delà du scandale du fuel frelaté, il faut se pencher sur le contrat signé avec la compagnie algérienne #Sonatrach BVI, tenu secret pendant 15 ans, pour comprendre comment le Liban est en arrivé là @PaulaYacoubian @yahya_mawloud
@CommerceLevant
Le Commerce du Levant
4 years
Clause de confidentialité, société écran aux îles Vierges britanniques, manque de garanties de qualité... Le contrat avec la compagnie algérienne #Sonatrach pour l'approvisionnement en #fuel présente de nombreuses surprises 💡par @MaucourantNada
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
In Paris, Mr Salameh is suspected to have purchase luxury properties worth more than $15 million for his romantic partner, Anna Kosakova, who is currently under formal investigation in France. 4/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
One of these companies also transferred 1 millions CHF to Rise Invest, a company whose beneficial owner is Marianne Howayek, the assistant of the governor who has been assigned the status of « assisted witness » in the investigation 7/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
Swiss watchdog FINMA cracks down on Bank Audi Suisse over 2022 investigation related to “Lebanon context”, the agency told me, uncovering serious anti-money laundering violations .
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
At last some exciting news in 2020 @lorienttoday the English outlet of @LOrientLeJour is out ! Mabrook and bienvenue to the new team @benredd @sewella @OmarTamo19 @AlbinSzakola @EmCLew
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
The contract also raises questions about the existence of a conflict of interest and whether any Lebanese codes or laws were violated 5/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
This all occurred under the nose of Christian Noyer, France’s former central bank chief, believed to have received monetary compensation from BDL from undeclared consultancies, leading the French judiciary to start a preliminary investigation for illegal conflict of interest. 6/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
Can Riad Salameh’s prosecution in Lebanon jeopardise the ongoing investigations in Europe ? And why ? What to expect next? Everything you need to know about the latest judicial developments related to the governor’s corruption case 👇🏽
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation responded to our article, stating that the information reported by certain "social networking sites about the existence of a threat to the safety of air traffic at the airport is baseless". This from the global safety watchdog report:
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
The investigation is focused on a contract between BDL and Forry Associated LDT, a broker, which charged more than 330 million Swiss Franks in commissions on the purchase and sale of Eurobonds and other debt instruments between BDL and banks 3/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
If you were all wondering, like me, why the value of the Lebanese lira has kept plummeting despite the gov formation, read this great investigative piece by @OmarTamo19 , it got all the answers for you 👇🏽
@OmarTamo19
Omar Tamo
3 years
INVESTIGATION: Behind the Lira value drop is a backdoor deal between Banque du Liban & the economy ministry to pay delayed dollar invoices in lira How? Create more than LL200 billion to pay importers at a rate much higher than they originally paid for
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
One of the essential points of the investigation is to understand whether these commissions constitute an embezzlement of BDL funds, as it is suspected in the probe. Who was paying the commissions and why? What were these transactions? 8/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
But there is more, the commissions charged by Forry were transferred on: 1) partly to Raja Salameh’s accounts in Switzerland and then on to his accounts in Lebanon, and 2) to 3 companies that the Swiss suspect are controlled by Riad Salamé 6/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 months
Diesel imports make up nearly 8% of GDP. This, more than any technical or financial excuses, explains why the ruling elite has no incentive in changing the status quo, experts say
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
To whom belongs the « BDL account » from which the transfers were made? Is it the personal account of the governor, or a BDL account? There are many questions still pending, and it’s the governors’ turn to answer them. 9/
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
1. I don't know why we don't talk more about the #Sonatrach fuel scandal, that has erupted last March, when a vessel arrived in Lebanon with a shipment of poor quality fuel, contradicting tests that had been previously carried out.
@CommerceLevant
Le Commerce du Levant
4 years
Suite au scandale du fuel frelaté, #Sonatrach , une des deux entreprises qui fournit le fuel aux centrales d' #EDL , n'a pas renouvelé son contrat, qui finit à la fin de l'année. Face à l'urgence, aucun appel d'offres n'a été encore lancé
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Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
Syrians living in Christian areas in Lebanon now fear stepping foot outside after the killing of a LF official. UN and security sources confirmed to me anti-Syrian attacks, informal checkpoints & curfews, and threats of mass evictions
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
4 years
Saad #Hariri vient d'être désigné Premier ministre au #Liban avec 64/120 votes obtenus au cours des consultations parlementaires, presque un an après sa démission sous pression populaire #d éjavu
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
9 months
Schools in Sour in South Lebanon, have been converted into makeshift IDPs camps, sheltering hundreds among the 2,600 ppl fleeing the deadly clashes at the border. We’ve talked with some of the families and the people in charge of the centres
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 years
The main question remains: why did BDL risk $175 million of public money to finance a start-up with a service for which there seems to be no significant demand, but which could potentially enrich individuals who were taking no financial risk themselves? 11/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 months
Some 20,000 children in Lebanon face disrupted education due to the ongoing border conflict, according to @UNICEFmena . They are at risk of losing their school year. Another blow for an education sector already reeling from Lebanon's steep economic crisis.
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
While his mandate is set to end on July 31, uncertainty lingers over the appointment of his successor. He said in an interview on Wednesday night that he would not be seeking another term. 17/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
They allege that the governor funneled public funds through commissions paid to his brother's company, Forry Associates Ltd, under an irregular agreement with Lebanon's central bank from 2002 to 2016, a setup that we previously exposed in detail. 16/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
5 years
Du centre-ville de Beyrouth, les femmes font la révolution "contre le confessionnalisme et contre le patriarcat" selon un des slogans. #لبنان__ينتفض #LebanonProtest
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
2 years
According to sources the IMF has rejected the government plan for financial recovery, which we secured a blueprint. While the institution did not specify the reasons or confirm the info, several experts have expressed concerns about its equity, viability and feasibility. Thread
@LOrientLeJour
L'Orient-Le Jour
2 years
🔴 Le #FMI a invité le gouvernement libanais à revoir et améliorer le document que celui-ci lui avait présenté et qui fait peser l’essentiel des pertes financières sur les déposants plutôt que les actionnaires des banques. Eclairage @MaucourantNada
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
We spoke with two sources with access to the Swiss prosecutors’ report in the context of Switzerland’s request for legal assistance from Lebanon. The report raises several questions. 2/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
1. In 2002, the central bank signed a contract with Forry, a company owned by Raja Salameh, the governor’s brother, which was supposed to act as a broker for the central bank in purchasing and selling financial instruments
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
3- The Forry payments were kept a secret at the central bank and did not appear to have been subject to customary controls. Investigators also found anomalies in the payments from the account at BDL to Forry, which exceeded the commission ceiling provided in the contract
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
3 years
According to the latest judiciary decisions seen by Le Commerce du Levant, the tainted fuel trial has opened before the Criminal Court. Some 22 people, including senior officials and directors of testing labs, were charged for alleged bribery, forgery, fraud... 1/
@lorienttoday
L'Orient Today
3 years
Twenty-two defendants will go before the Mount Lebanon Criminal Court on charges of forgery, using counterfeit documents, bribery, fraud and professional misconduct, in a case of tainted fuel received by EDL in March 2020. @MaucourantNada reports:
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
"But you're French, you don't need a Lebanese passport". Who cares if I need it - I do, it's called living in a democracy and being allowed to take part in public affairs- BUT mostly, it's our RIGHT, as children of Lebanese women to be recognized as Lebanese
@rjsalame
Richard Salame
1 year
83 percent of Lebanese say a Lebanese woman should be able to pass her citizenship to her children — via @ArabBarometer
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
11 months
The EU investigation has also revealed indirect enablers in the alleged money laundering scheme and, notably, the lack of due diligence from EU banks, who showed little concern about the origin of Mr Salameh's wealth, praising , at the time, his "integrity". 14/
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@MaucourantNada
Nada Maucourant Atallah
1 year
2. Investigations found 2 Forry contracts, one signed by Kevin Walter - a mystery man who "lived somewhere in the EU" according to Raja Salameh. The 2nd is signed by Raja Salameh. As none of them were directors of Forry, investigators said the contract is"legally non-existent”
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