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WaPo:
Riggs Bank and two members of the bank’s controlling Allbritton family yesterday agreed to pay $9 million to victims of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for the bank’s role in concealing and spiriting Pinochet’s money out of Britain in 1999.
In return for the payment to a foundation established for victims of Pinochet’s repressive 17-year rule and their survivors, a Spanish court agreed to dismiss criminal charges against current and former directors and officers of the bank, including the Allbrittons. Riggs will pay $8 million.
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The $9 million, after deducting $1 million mostly for legal expenses, will be given to the Salvador Allende Foundation, which was founded by Garces, a former assistant to Allende, to compensate victims of Pinochet’s crimes.
