Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Turkish banker loses second bid for mistrial in U.S. sanctions case

Turkish banker loses second bid for mistrial in U.S. sanctions case

Brendan Pierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to order a mistrial in the case of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank who is charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.

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