French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working

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Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State

A French court has fined the cement group https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/french-cement-company-lafarge-paid-millions-to-islamic-state-syria">Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/islamic-state-north-east-syria-ahmed-al-sharaa">Islamic State and other terror groups to maintain its business in war-torn Syria from 2013 to 2014.

The ruling follows a 2022 case in the United States in which the French firm pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to US-designated “terrorist” organisations and agreed to pay a $778m fine (£580m) – the first time a company had faced the charge.

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