Stakes Are High For HSBC Oil For Food Investigation

Stakes Are High For HSBC Oil For Food Investigation

On December 9, 2004 a judge ordered three Islamic charities accused of raising money for the Palestinian group Hamas to pay $156 million in damages to the parents of a an American teenager slain in the West Bank. His parents turned to U.S. courts, invoking a 1992 law that allows victims of terrorism abroad to collect civil damages in American courts from groups deemed responsible for such acts, reports Reuters news agency.

If HSBC is linked to Sadaam’s profits from the oil for food progam in such a way that parallels can be drawn legal experts must debate whether or not the same law would apply. Read more from Household Watch regarding the oil for food program, written by a person claiming to be an HSBC employee.


   Thinking of making a debt settlement offer? See common settlement scams and rip-offs first or get our free widget



Related Posts



2 Responses to “Stakes Are High For HSBC Oil For Food Investigation”

  1. […] tinian suicide bombers and their families. Household Watch wrote a related article which can be seen here. Among the groups that allegedly re […]

  2. HSBC To Be Sued In US Over Terror Ties
    The Sunday Times of London reported on December 13, 2004:
    HSBC, one of Britain’s biggest banks, has been accused of channelling tens of millions of pounds to suicide bombers. The newspaper claims that a forthcoming court action will allege that an…

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.