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Inside a stone farmhouse south-west of Paris, the walls are lined with Khaled Alkhani’s oil paintings: dark, blurred figures with closed eyes or faces hidden beneath heavy black marks. Each canvas is part of his attempt to process the violence that shattered his family in Syria four decades ago.

The investigation in France marks a significant step toward holding financial institutions accountable for the illicit transfer of wealth that worsened Lebanon’s historic economic collapse.

France’s financial crimes office is probing ex-Lebanese premier Najib Mikati and his brother for alleged fraud.