Arab Bank Trial Over Transactions Opens in U.S.

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Arab Bank PLC moved tens of millions of dollars for the Islamist group Hamas knowing it was likely to use the money to finance violence, a lawyer for victims of Hamas attacks told jurors on Thursday. The comments came at the outset of the first U.S. trial in a terror-financing lawsuit against a financial institution. The suit was filed under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990, which created an avenue for victims of international terrorism to seek reparations in U.S. courts.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/08/14/arab-bank-trial-over-transactions-opens-in-u-s/?mod=WSJBlog

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