BEIRUT: Financial Prosecutor Judge Ali Ibrahim filed a lawsuit Monday against five employees of Beirut Port’s Customs Department over bribery and fraud, a judicial source told The Daily Star.
The case was referred to Beirut’s First Investigative Judge Ghassan Oueidat.
According to the source, the five employees had been involved in receiving bribes from merchants to smuggle in their imports without charging the legal custom duties.
As a result, the employees would face charges of both bribery and fraud, since their activities bypassed potential legal revenues for the state.
Many controversies about corruption at the Customs Department have risen in the past, notably Al-Jadeed TV’s investigation of corruption at Rafic Hariri Airport’s customs that led to journalists from the station being attacked by security officers outside the Customs Office.
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