A company paid ISIS in order to keep its cement plant in Syria operable.

A French industrial company pleaded guilty Tuesday to providing material support to terrorism by paying millions of dollars to ISIS in order to keep its cement plant in Syria operable.

LaFarge SA and its now-dormant Syrian cement affiliate pleaded guilty to a single count brought by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn that charges the company with conspiracy to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations.

From August 2013 to November 2014, LaFarge and LaFarge Cement Syria knowingly and willfully agreed to a conspiracy to make and authorize payments for the benefit of armed groups in Syria, Anderson said in a plea allocution.

  • Mangoholic@lemmy.ml
    2·
    24 days ago

    Oh no what are the consequences for the people who own this shitty company? Probably nothing…

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
      5·
      24 days ago

      The former CEO got sentenced to 6 years in prison with immediate effect. It’s not much, but it’s a first in France. The fine to Lafarge is a fucking joke though.