“The European judges will return next month to complete their investigations with 18 financial and banking figures … including [Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad] Salameh and people close to him," a judicial official told AFP on Friday. Magistrates from France, Germany and Luxembourg investigating suspicions of corruption and money laundering by Salameh on Friday concluded a first visit to Lebanon during which they interviewed, with the help of the Lebanese judiciary, two BDL vice-governors, two BDL general directors, bankers in the private sector and an auditor. The three European countries launched a probe into Salameh last year, leading to a multimillion-euro asset seizure and charges against his former romantic partner.