French court jails Lafarge former CEO for funding IS in Syria

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A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria.

FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

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