French cement giant Lafarge SA was slapped with a $778 million fine Tuesday for making millions in payments to the Islamic State and another jihadist. The US Justice Department said the company and …
French company admits it gave financial support to ISIS, agrees to pay over $700 million in fines
The charge stems from cement company Lafarge’s payments to foreign terrorist organizations in exchange for permission to operate in Syria between 2013 and 2014.
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French cement firm admits paying IS nearly $6m to keep Syrian plant open
Lafarge pleaded guilty to payments in US trial for conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organisation …
Cement company Lafarge penalized $778M US for sending money to terrorist groups in Syria
French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty on Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group so that a plant in Syria could remain open, a case that the U.S. Justice Department …
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LaFarge cement company paid ISIS to run plant in Syria, will pay $778 million in fines
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US: French cement giant Lafarge fined $778m for supporting Syria terror groups
French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine after pleading guilty to providing material support to Daesh and other terror groups during the..
French cement giant Lafarge pleads guilty to supporting Islamic State in Syria, will pay $778 million fine
Lafarge acknowledged it paid millions of euros to middlemen to keep its Syrian cement factory running in 2013 and 2014, long after other firms had pulled out of the country — in what the US Justice D …