New York – Today, Tuesday, the contentious issue involving the French cement company Lafarge’s involvement in supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria came to light after years of a difficult legal battle the company waged against American accusations that it had given financial support to extremist groups that were listed as terrorist organisations by the United States.
For the first time since the controversy broke years ago, “Lafarge” confessed responsibility, acknowledging that it had funded extremist organisations like the Islamic State when it was operating in Syria in order to assure its continued operations.
The French company Lafarge and the Swiss Swiss Group announced on Tuesday that it would pay a fine of $ 778 million to the US Department of Justice after its approval of the help of terrorist groups, including ISIS during the war in Syria.
According to a joint statement from the two businesses, Lafarge and its subsidiary, “Lafarge for the Cement of Syria,” have agreed to admit guilt to the charge of conspiring to offer material support to particular foreign terrorist organisations in Syria between August 2013 and October 2014.
The Lafarge case, which is currently being heard in Brooklyn Federal Court, is the first instance in which a guilty firm in the United States has pleaded guilty to accusations of giving material support to a terrorist organisation.
Lafarge, who in 2015 was accused of participating in crimes against humanity in Paris, is also accused of being a part of the Holsim listed firm in Switzerland. As part of her guilt, she consented to forfeit 687 million dollars and pay a fine of $90 million.
In the past, the cement industry company admitted after an internal investigation that its subsidiary in Syria paid money to groups to help protect the factory workers, but it denied the accusations that it colluded with crimes against humanity.
The Lafarge Factory events in Syria, according to Holsim, violated their beliefs and were kept from their board of directors at the time of the merger in 2015, he claimed.
In 2017, human rights organizations in France accused Lafarge of paying 13 million euros (12. 79 million dollars) to armed groups, including the Islamic State, to continue working in Syria between 2011 and 2015..
An admission of guilt and a monetary penalties related to the “Lafarj” case will be revealed.
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