BNP Charged for Laundering Ill-Gotten Assets Linked to Gabon
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BNP Paribas SA was charged in France over accusations it laundered money stemming from corruption and embezzlement in a case over alleged ill-gotten assets linked to Gabon.
The charges were issued on May 11 as part of an investigation into French wealth of the family of the late Gabonese president, Omar Bongo, according to a lawyer for a plaintiff in the case. Agence France-Presse reported the charge earlier on Thursday.