The police officers involved in the investigation into complicity in crimes against humanity committed in Sudan during the Darfur conflict considered that BNP Paribas maintained its banking operations there “with full knowledge of the facts”.

Neuf réfugiés soudanais, la International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), la Ligue des droits de l' Homme ( LDH) blamed the BNP Paribas and its Swiss subsidiary for having replaced the Sudanese central bank, despite international embargoes, thus allowing the militias to use its funds to buy arms. Several accounts indicate that the Bank has decided to continue banking operations with this country (Sudan, editor's note) in full knowledge of the facts, even replacing American banks for clearing operations