PARIS (CN) — The multinational cement giant Lafarge SA and eight former executives were found guilty on Monday at the Paris Criminal Court of financing terrorist enterprises in Syria to keep one of its plants running after civil war erupted in 2011. The company was also found guilty of breaching European sanctions.
The trial marked the first time in France a corporation was charged with financing terrorist enterprises. Four former executives were also charged with violating international financial sanctions by funding groups linked to al-Qaeda, the Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
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