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US slaps sanctions on two brothers in Lebanon for corruption

As Lebanon's economy deteriorated, the US Treasury said Lebanese businessmen Raymond Zina Rahme and Teddy Zina Rahme profited from public corruption.
Retired Lebanese army and security forces veterans attempt to remove razor wire barricade during a demonstration demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions, outside the government palace in Beirut on March 30, 2023. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Tuesday on two Lebanese brothers accused of using their business and political connections to enrich themselves while Lebanon’s economic crisis worsened. 

A Treasury statement described Raymond Zina Rahme and Teddy Zina Rahme as politically connected businessmen who used “their wealth, power, and influence to engage in corrupt practices that contribute to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon.”

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