LEBANON FEATURE
August 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLLEBANON has an international reputation far greater than its geographical size and population, much like its national debt. At US$38 billion it is equivalent to over a 100% of the country's GDP, with a significant chunk of this staggering sum attributed directly to corruption and commercial crime. Paul Cochrane reports, from Beirut.IN Lebanon, commercial crime and corruption have become so intrinsically linked that the line that supposedly distinguishes the public sector from the private is a blurry haze. "It is the state-business relationship," ...
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