Hidden riches of Lebanon’s leaders

The World

Top Lebanese officials are among the powerful whose secrets are revealed in the “Pandora Papers” leak. Alia Ibrahim, the founder of Daraj media, an independent Lebanese digital media group, talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about how Lebanese are responding to the revelations.

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