BNP Paribas Faces Sudan Genocide Lawsuit In US
IN a significant legal development, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan has ruled that BNP Paribas must confront a lawsuit alleging its complicity in Sudan’s genocide between 1997 and 2011. The French bank stands accused of providing banking services that violated American sanctions, facilitating human rights abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese government. Judge Hellerstein … Read more