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Article: Abu Dhabi To Send BCCI Exec to U.S.
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 10, 1994
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WASHINGTON Abu Dhabi has agreed to send former banking official
Swaleh Naqvi to the United States to stand trial for his role in the
Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal, the Justice
Department said Sunday.
Department officials said Naqvi, formerly the No. 2 official
at the now-defunct bank, will be turned over within four months.
Naqvi's surrender was part of an agreement the United States
reached in Geneva, Switzerland, with the Abu Dhabi ruling family
that also calls for a major financial settlement and access to key
documents and witnesses.
The officials said Abu Dhabi agreed to relinquish claims of
$400 million that it had invested in First American Bankshares ...