By Matthew Russell Lee, Book here
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 7 – BNP Paribas was sued in 2016 for enabling genocide in Sudan, and raised as its defense the laws of Switzerland and that the UN did the same thing.
In September 2025 Inner City Press covered the trial as a former compliance officer was asked about blocked transactions resubmitted without the word Sudan and passing; and a journalist testified about El Fasher, where Inner City Press reported on UN corruption until it was (and still is) banned.
On October 16 the closings, in which BNP's lawyer said among other things that BNP thought things were getting better in Sudan because the UN was there, and the IMF. Thread.
On October 17, the verdict:
2:15 pm Deputy: Have plaintiffs proved BNP is liable?
Foreperson: Yes
Deputy: How much to Turjuman Ramadan Adam? Foreperson: $6.75 million
Deputy: And to first plaintiff? Foreperson: $7.3 million Deputy: And second? Foreperson: $6.7 million
[Plus Turjuman's $6.75 = $20,750,000 that BNP owes - but they will move for "judgment as a matter of law - a UN-like impunity move.]
Then "Banking on Dictators" book here
On January 7 Judge Hellerstein - two days after arraigning Nicolas Maduro - denied BNP's bid to reduce the verdict.
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