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Lafarge Faces €1.125M Fine for Funding ISIS Operations
12/19/2025
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- The French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office seeks a €1.125 million fine for Lafarge and eight-year terms for eight executives.
- Lafarge is accused of paying ISIS and al-Nusra to keep its Syrian cement plant operating from 2012 to 2014.
- Prosecution also seeks a six-year suspended sentence for former CEO Bruno Lafont and €30 million in asset confiscation.
- Lafarge previously pleaded guilty in the United States to paying $6 million to these groups.
