Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, pictured in November, siphoned off nine billion dollars (6.79 billion euros) of oil money into British bank accounts, according to US diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks Saturday. France 24WikiLeaks: Sudan's President 'Stashed $9 Billion' -- The Telegraph
Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, is suspected of siphoning off $9 billion from his country's oil boom and depositing much of it in British banks, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.
The claims came from Luis Moreno Ocampo, the chief prosecutor with the International Criminal Court who has accused Mr Bashir of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
He suggested that Lloyds Banking Group, which is partly government-owned, was either holding some of the funds or knew its whereabouts.
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