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Saudi Banks freeze over 1,200 accounts in corruption probe, number still rising

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Men look out of a building at the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 1, 2017. (Reuters)
Men look out of a building at the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Saudi Banks freeze over 1,200 accounts in corruption probe, number still rising

Reuters, Dubai

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Saudi Arabian banks have frozen more than 1,200 accounts belonging to individuals and companies in the kingdom as part of the government's anti-corruption purge, bankers and lawyers said on Tuesday.

They added that the number is continuing to rise

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