Lebanon's finance minister expects banking secrecy law to pass within days
Lebanon's Finance Minister Yassine Jaber told Reuters that he expected a banking secrecy
law to be passed in parliament within days.
Some Lebanese officials have accused former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh of using bank secrecy laws to justify withholding information.
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