Bank Of Credit And Commerce International
Events (32)
- December 12, 1985: Plane Crash in Canada Kills 256; Evidence Suggests Links to Iran-Contra and BCCI Covert Operations 1985-12-12
- July 5, 1991: Criminal BCCI Bank Is Shut Down 1991-07-05
- July 11, 1991: Arrest Reveals Links between Pakistani Government, A. Q. Khan Network, and BCCI 1991-07-11
- July 22, 1991: Iran-Contra Related to BCCI Scandal 1991-07-22
- October 10, 2001: Report: Bin Laden’s Financial Network Is Successor to the BCCI Bank 2001-10-10
- June 8-August 10, 2006: FBI Shows Brief Interest in Catching BCCI Figure Linked to Bin Laden 2006-08-10
- February 1988-December 1992: Justice Department Blocks Investigations into BCCI
- March 1991-December 1992: CIA Hides Its Relationship to Criminal BCCI
- July 1991: Bin Laden Loses Money in BCCI; Begins Profiting from Drug Trade
- After July 1991: Bin Laden, Al-Zawahiri, and Muslim Brotherhood Benefit from Collapse of BCCI, Form New Financial Network to Replace It
- August 1991: Wanted BCCI Figures Protected in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates
- 1979-1991: Criminal BCCI Bank Repeatedly Saves Pakistan from Financial Ruin
- 1979-1991: US Government Ignores Over 700 Tips about BCCI’s Criminal Activities
- 1980s: Much US and Saudi Aid Meant for Afghan Fighters Goes to ISI and A. Q. Khan Network
- 1981 and After: BCCI Charity Front Funnels Money to A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Program
- 1981-1991: CIA Uses BCCI Bank to Pay 500 British Informants
- 1981-1983: NSC Gains a Clear Picture of BCCI’s Criminal Activities from CIA Reports
- 1983: Pakistani Government Allows Drug Traffickers to Deposit Profits in BCCI Bank
- 1984 and After: BCCI Dominates Supply Chain of CIA Supplies and Weapons Meant for Mujaheddin
- 1984: US Agencies Keep US Senator in Dark about BCCI’s Criminal Activities
- 1987-1990: US and British Intelligence Aware Middle Eastern Governments Are Paying Large Sums to Terrorist Abu Nidal, but Take No Action
- 1976: James Bath Opens Aircraft Brokerage Firm; Investors Tied to BCCI and Osama bin Laden
- 1976: CIA and Other Intelligence Agencies Use BCCI to Control and Manipulate Criminals and Terrorists Worldwide
- 1978-1982: Criminal BCCI Secretly Buys CIA’s Main US Bank; Even as CIA Uses Bank for Covert Operations
- 1982-1989: US Turns Blind Eye to BCCI and Pakistani Government Involvement in Heroin Trade
- 1984-1986: CIA Director Repeatedly Meets with Head of Criminal BCCI Bank, Funding of Afghan War Is Discussed
- 1984-1986: CIA Reveals BCCI’s Drug and Terrorist Links to Other US Agencies, but No Action Taken
- (1991): Bin Laden Allegedly Stays at London Estate of Saudi Billionaire
- Autumn 1988: CIA Has Secret Slush Fund for Covert Operations at BCCI; Fails to Tell US Customs about It
- Early-1980s-1990: A. Q. Khan Associate Has Multiple Dealings with BCCI
- Early 1986: NSC Uses BCCI to Illegally Divert US Government Funds to Contras
- 1976: Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt Founded, Funds Political Growth of Islamist Movement