Lebanon’s Central Banker Faces French Arrest Warrant on Graft

A French judge issued an arrest warrant for Lebanon’s central bank Governor Riad Salameh on money laundering allegations, in the first such international legal action against the official much blamed for the country’s financial implosion.

Salameh did not heed a summons to appear for questioning before the investigative judge earlier in the day, prompting the warrant, a person familiar with the matter said.