Former Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont arrives on the first day of the trial of French cement group Lafarge and eight individuals, including former executives, accused of financing terrorism in Syria, at the Paris courthouse, Nov. 4, 2025. (Credit: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
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 to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the country's civil war.
Eight former Lafarge employees, including executives, were also found guilty of financing terrorism.
Judges ruled that Lafarge paid 5.593 million euros ($6.53 million) in total to jihadist groups including Islamic State and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, both designated as terrorists by the EU, between 2013 and September 2014.
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 to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the country's civil war.
Eight former Lafarge employees, including executives, were also found guilty of financing terrorism.
Judges ruled that Lafarge paid 5.593 million euros ($6.53 million) in total to jihadist groups including Islamic State and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, both designated as terrorists by the EU, between 2013 and September 2014.
