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Article

17 Jun 2002

Author:
Nicol Degli Innocenti, Financial Times

Banks sued for financing apartheid regime

The banks' loans allegedly allowed the cash-strapped pariah regime to buy arms and continue its oppression of the black majority...Other suits will be filed against other companies and banks in Switzerland, France, Germany, Britain and South Africa that made money from supporting the apartheid government, Mr Fagan said on Monday.

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Apartheid victims sue Citigroup, Credit Suisse & UBS

Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)