French cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit found guilty of financing jihadists in Syria - The Globe and Mail

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Published April 13, 2026

A Paris court on Monday found cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit guilty of charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions. Eight former employees were found guilty and some of them were sentenced to jail time, in the verdict for the first case in France against a company for financing terrorism.

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