Authorities in three European countries have frozen assets worth 120 million euro (US$130 million) in relation to an ongoing money laundering investigation into Lebanon’s Central Bank governor Riad Salame and his entourage, German prosecutors told OCCRP on Tuesday.

A Lebanese judge charged in absentia Central Bank governor Riad Salame with illicit enrichment and money laundering only days after ordering the arrest of his brother on similar charges.

Lebanese authorities arrested on Thursday the brother of the country’s embattled central bank governor on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, according to the state-run National News Agency.

Seven activist groups requested that Switzerland’s financial watchdog, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), launch an investigation into the relationship between three Swiss banks and Lebanon’s central bank governor, according to The National.

A judge investigating Lebanon’s Central Bank governor for corruption and money laundering has sued the country’s police chief after his officers reportedly prevented another law enforcement agency from executing a subpoena to bring Governor Riad Salame in for questioning.

Liechtenstein’s judicial authorities have a “pending money laundering investigation” in relation to Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salame, the country’s Prosecutor General confirmed in an email to OCCRP.

France’s National Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) has launched a preliminary investigation into the personal wealth of Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor, Riad Salame, following two complaints filed last month with the judicial institution that deals exclusively with financial affairs.