Public Prosecutor Presses Charges Against Customs Official

Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun on Wednesday charged Gracia Azzi, member of the Lebanese Customs Supreme Council, with bribery, money laundering, abuse of position and squandering. 

Azzi has been banned from leaving the country until investigations are finalized. She will also be discharged from her post based on the judge's request to the Finance Ministry. 

The suspect has been referred to Mount Lebanon's First Investigative judge Nicolas Mansour.