Four years into economic meltdown, Lebanon pledges to ‘police corruption’

The crisis, caused by rampant corruption in the financial sector, plunged over 80 percent of Lebanon's population below the poverty line and slashed nearly 100 percent of the currency's value

European banks begin severing correspondent relations with Lebanon: Report

European banks are looking to slash ties with Lebanese commercial banks as the country faces being 'grey listed' by the FATF and the central bank chief is wanted by Interpol