BNP Paribas shares drop after US court verdict on liability in Sudan atrocities

Shares in France’s biggest bank BNP Paribas dropped as much as 10% on Monday after a United States court verdict last week found it helped Sudan’s government commit genocide.

A New York federal jury on Friday ordered the bank to pay close to $21 million to three plaintiffs, who fled Sudan and are now US citizens.

They testified about human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime of former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

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