The SIC received a Request of Assistance from a counterpart concerning a suspicious transaction involving a family business firm owned by Lebanese nationals as well as another Lebanese company and a foreign one.
The suspicion was reported to the counterpart FIU by a financial intermediary, stating that he received 24 kg of platinum/ palladium/ rhodium to refine, valued at 1 million US dollars approximately. This suspicion arose in view of the abnormally high quantity and the business activity of the firm.
Following the request, the SIC undertook the necessary inquiry and examination and informed the Requestor of the related and available informatio
