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- 美国司法部请求法官驳回对哈尔克银行的刑事诉讼
- 哈尔克银行在特朗普第一任期内因协助伊朗遭到起诉
- 哈尔克银行未承认存在刑事违规行为
纽约6月10日路透电 — 美国司法部周三正式请求一名联邦法官驳回对土耳其国有银行哈尔克银行（HALKB.IS）的刑事诉讼，称其无意再起诉这家土耳其国有 lender。
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周三的声明发布于哈尔克银行与美国联邦政府3月达成终止这场长期刑事诉讼的协议之后。该协议有望消除北约盟友土耳其与美国之间长期存在的摩擦点。和解消息公布后，哈尔克银行的股价在伊斯坦布尔证券交易所大幅上涨。
哈尔克银行在特朗普第一任期内遭到起诉，罪名是协助伊朗规避美国经济制裁。土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安曾称这起诉讼是非法且“丑陋的”。但自去年特朗普重返总统职位以来，两国关系正处于数十年来最融洽的阶段。
司法部曾表示，撤销诉讼将符合美国遏制对伊朗提供支持的利益。该协议禁止哈尔克银行参与任何有利于伊朗的交易，并要求安排一名监督员审查哈尔克银行的制裁合规和反洗钱合规情况。
该协议不涉及任何资金易手，且该银行未承认存在刑事违规行为。哈尔克银行此前已对指控表示不认罪。
该协议公布后，位于曼哈顿的美国地区法官理查德·伯曼将诉讼暂停90天，以便哈尔克银行证明其遵守协议条款。哈尔克银行已聘请安永会计师事务所审查其合规政策。
在为期90天的暂停期结束后，检察官于周三提交法庭文件称，审查未发现哈尔克银行存在任何不合规之处，并请求伯曼法官批准他们撤销诉讼的动议。
这起案件在美国法院经历了迂回曲折的审理过程。
美国最高法院于10月维持了下级法院的裁决，允许诉讼继续进行。哈尔克银行曾辩称，作为土耳其国有企业，其应免受外国法院的法律诉讼。
该和解协议是在2月美以对伊朗发动战争之后宣布的。
美国检察官曾指控哈尔克银行秘密转移200亿美元受限资金，将石油收入转换为黄金和现金以惠及伊朗利益，并伪造食品运输文件来为石油收益转账提供正当理由。
埃尔多安与特朗普去年会晤后，土耳其总统曾表示希望解决哈尔克银行相关事宜。埃尔多安在10月称，特朗普在去年9月白宫会晤以及随后的电话中告诉他，“哈尔克银行的问题对我们来说已经解决了。”
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US Department of Justice formally moves to drop Halkbank case
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- U.S. DOJ asks judge to dismiss criminal case against Halkbank
- Halkbank charged during Trump’s first term with helping Iran
- Halkbank did not admit criminal wrongdoing
NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice formally asked a federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss its criminal case against Halkbank
(HALKB.IS), opens new tab
, saying it has no intention of prosecuting the Turkish state-run lender.
A lawyer for Halkbank did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Wednesday’s announcement came after Halkbank and the U.S. federal government agreed in March to end the long-running criminal case. That agreement promised to relieve a lingering irritant in relations between NATO allies Turkey and the U.S. The settlement sent Halkbank’s shares soaring on the Istanbul stock exchange.
Halkbank was charged during Trump’s first term in office with helping Iran evade American economic sanctions. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once called the case unlawful and “ugly.” But the countries are now experiencing their warmest ties in decades since Trump’s return to the presidency last year.
The Justice Department has said dropping the prosecution would further the U.S. interest in curbing support for Iran. The agreement bars Halkbank from entering transactions that benefit Iran and requires a monitor to review Halkbank’s sanctions and anti-money-laundering compliance.
No money changes hands in the agreement and the bank did not admit criminal wrongdoing. Halkbank had pleaded not guilty in the case.
After the deal was announced, Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Richard Berman paused the case for 90 days to allow Halkbank to demonstrate compliance with its terms. Halkbank hired Ernst & Young to review its compliance policies.
In a court filing on Wednesday after the end of that 90-day period, prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office said the review did not identify any areas of noncompliance by Halkbank and it asked Berman to sign off on their motion to dismiss the case.
The case has taken a circuitous path through the U.S. courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court in October let stand a lower court’s decision that allowed the prosecution to proceed. Halkbank had argued that as a Turkish state-owned entity, it should be immune from legal actions in foreign courts.
The settlement was announced after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began in February.
U.S. prosecutors had accused Halkbank of secretly transferring $20 billion of restricted funds, converting oil revenue into gold and cash to benefit Iranian interests and documenting fake food shipments to justify transfers of oil proceeds.
After Erdogan and Trump met last year, the Turkish president expressed hope for a resolution of the Halkbank matter. Erdogan said in October that Trump told him during a September meeting at the White House and in a subsequent phone call that “the Halkbank problem is finished for us.”
Reporting by Luc Cohen and Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus
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