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OWENS et al v. BNP PARIBAS S.A. et al
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January 27, 2017
BNP Paribas Escapes Victims' Suit Over Terrorist Bombings
A District of Columbia federal judge on Friday threw out a case accusing French bank BNP Paribas of helping fund a pair of terrorist attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa by allowing terrorist-sponsoring Sudan to funnel money to al-Qaida through BNP accounts, saying there was no clear connection between the business the bank did with the sanctioned country in the '00s and the 1998 attacks.
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November 04, 2015
BNP Paribas Faces $2.4B Suit Over Embassy Bombings
Survivors and families of victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday sued BNP Paribas SA, alleging the bank allowed terrorist groups to funnel money that was used to plan and carry out the attacks.