Darfur Victims Groups File Complaint Against BNP Paribas
26 September 2019 - 3:28PM
Dow Jones News
By Noemie Bisserbe
PARIS--Human-rights groups representing victims of the Darfur
genocide filed a criminal complaint Thursday against BNP Paribas SA
(BNP.FR) alleging the French bank provided financial services to
Sudan that propped up its regime.
Four years ago, the Paris-based lender agreed to pay nearly $9
billion and plead guilty to crimes for violating U.S. sanctions
against Sudan, Iran and Cuba, in an unprecedented settlement with
U.S. authorities. In court documents, BNP Paribas acknowledged
using regional banks overseas to process more than $20 billion in
financial transactions linked to companies and government agencies
in Sudan--at a time when the nation was engaged in what the U.S.
and others labeled genocide.
The genocide's Sudanese victims, however, never received any
compensation. "To this day, they have been denied the possibility
of justice," said Mossaad M. Ali, the executive director of African
Center for Justice and Peace Studies, a Sudanese human rights
organization and plaintiff in the case.
BNP Paribas said it wasn't aware of the complaint and that the
bank doesn't comment on judicial procedures.
Write to Noemie Bisserbe at noemie.bisserbe@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 26, 2019 09:13 ET (13:13 GMT)
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