A Manhattan jury has ordered BNP Paribas to pay more than $20 million in damages to three Sudanese refugees after a trial over its dealings with former Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s regime, as reported by the Financial Times.
Lawyers for the refugees accused the bank of enabling al-Bashir’s “organized campaign of destruction” in the late 1990s and 2000s. The bank, they alleged, gave his government access to US financial markets and oil revenues that funded the purchase of weapons. Each plaintiff was awarded between $6.7 million and $7.3 million.
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