Special Investigation Commission SIC

Official site
https://sic.gov.lb
Established
2001
Constituting statute
Law No. 318 of 20 April 2001, continued under Article 6 of Law No. 44 of 24 November 2015

Who they are

Lebanon's financial intelligence unit, an independent body with judicial status established at Banque du Liban. It is chaired by the BDL Governor or a designated Vice-Governor.

What they do

Receives and analyses suspicious transaction reports, carries out financial investigations and forwards cases to the judicial authorities. It can lift banking secrecy and freeze accounts, proposes AML/CFT regulations and supervises reporting entities through on-site and off-site examinations.

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Others in Lebanon supervising overlapping sectors.