Research has uncovered that a number of different banks might have been involved in activities that gave financial support to terrorists during U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. This has led some families, many of whom have been personally touched by the attacks or the resulting war on terror, to file an anti-terrorism lawsuit.

The loss of a loved one or devastating injuries tied to terrorist attacks can have ripple effects for families who learn that some banks helped with the financing for these tragic events.

An anti-terrorism lawsuit could be filed against some of the banks that are allegedly responsible for financing terrorists who created IED attacks. These IED attacks claim the lives of numerous Americans during the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many families believe that an anti-terrorism lawsuit is one way to hold the banks who helped to finance this venture accountable for the role that they played.

The terrorists would have had little to no opportunity to turn their violent intentions into actions without financial support. The first anti-terrorism lawsuit filed against these banks occurred in 2004. The anti-terrorism lawsuit was lodged against Arab Bank, a bank based in Jordan that was found liable by a New York jury in September 2014 for financing terrorist activity.

This was the first anti-terrorism lawsuit in which a bank went to trial and was held accountable for the material support and financing of terrorism.

In the past, it would have been difficult for those victims who lost their loved ones or who sustained severe injuries in an IED attack to pursue an anti-terrorism lawsuit. While the U.S. Department of State keeps a list of countries that have allegedly repeatedly provided support for acts of terrorism, identification of the individual banks that allegedly provided the support was not always simple to obtain.

The pioneering area of litigation involved in filing anti-terrorism lawsuit, however, enables victims to attempt to hold these banks accountable for the role that they played in supporting terrorism under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Several different banks have been named as responsible for providing financial support to the organizations that carried out terrorist attacks around the world.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 touched the lives of people all across America, many of whom offered to enlist in the United States military as an act of patriotism and service. Many of these young men and women, however, suffered severe or even fatal injuries tied to IED attacks.

The discovery that various banks and institutions around the world provided this material support and funding without which these terrorists may not have been able to carry out these IED attacks has been the cause for many of these families to consider filing an anti-terrorism lawsuit.

An anti-terrorism lawsuit might be the only way for these families to recover compensation after their loved ones were killed in IED attacks abroad. A current class action lawsuit investigation is looking for those family members who may have grounds to participate in an anti-terrorism lawsuit. 

If you or a loved one was injured or killed by an IED or EFP while fighting in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, legal recourse is available. Get help now by filling out the form on this page for a FREE case evaluation.

The attorneys who work with Top Class Actions will contact you if you qualify to let you know if an individual lawsuit or anti-terrorist class action lawsuit is best for you. (In general, anti-terrorist lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions.) After you fill out the form, the attorneys who work with Top Class Actions will contact you if you qualify to let you know if an individual lawsuit or class action lawsuit is best for you. Hurry — statutes of limitations may apply.

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