HomeTrendingLafarge faces French and...

Lafarge faces French and American justice

United States of America v. Lafarge SA and Lafarge Cement Syria SA… The title sounds like a “made in the USA” thriller. However, the 101 pages of the accompanying document of the US Department of Justice plunge the reader into the heart of one of the most sulphurous cases of recent years.

On October 18, French cement giant Lafarge, also under investigation in France, pleaded guilty in the US to financing two terrorist organizations, the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, between August 2013 and October 2014. Lafarge paid $777.78 million (about €770 million) to end the investigation, which was conducted under provisions allowing extraterritorial prosecution.

Sell ​​at any cost

The facts are overwhelming and come at a time when ISIS is already on the rampage. American justice reminds us, for example, of the beheading of American journalist James Foley in August 2014. Confronting these crimes, the narrative details the modus operandi of businessmen selling their cement…

Source: Le Figaro

- A word from our sponsors -

Most Popular

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

More from Author

- A word from our sponsors -

Read Now

Lettl is something new: a blow to a teenager Dnipra is quoted in the air forces

The military -air forces commented on the Dnieper blow on the afternoon of June 28. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } On Saturday, monitoring channels reported a hit...

Ended in the time of a night attack in Odessa was a teacher and his husband (photo)

In Odessa, the teacher and social pedagogy of the Mikhailovsky lyceum Katerina Bosinskaya and her husband Valentine were killed as a result of shelling. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } ...

Mathematics from them have stood: Standed results NMT-2025 Images

This year, more than 284 thousand participants out of 312 thousand thousand took part this year. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } At the same time, the largest...

Zelensky called the decision CCU, which ruined his work

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed a judge of the Constitutional Court by his quota and, thus, unlocked the work of CCU. .in_text_content_22 {width: 300px; Height: 600px; } @Media (min-width: 600px) {.in_text_content_22 {width: 580px; Height: 400px; }} .Adsbygoogle {Touch-Action: Manipulation; } ...