The large French company Lafarge, which is engaged in the production of building materials, admitted that she made payments, including the terrorist “Islamic state” so that its cement plant in Syria continues to work, the US Ministry of Justice said.
“Lafarge recognized and took responsibility for a stunning crime. Never before the accusations were made in relation to the corporation for providing financial assistance and resources to foreign terrorist organizations,” the US prosecutor in the eastern district of New York Breon,
According to his application, the company agreed to pay the United States a fine of $ 777.8 million in exchange for the consent of the American side to withdraw a lawsuit.
The statement states that in total, Lafarge paid the IG, the Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist group and their accomplices about $ 10 million from August 2013 to October 2014. In particular, Pis said, the company paid “menstruation” IG and JEBKHAT AN-NUSRA so that Lafarge employees and suppliers can freely cross the checkpoints located near the company in Syria.
“At the height of the Civil War in Syria, Lafarge made an unthinkable choice and transferred money to the IS terrorists, one of the most barbaric terrorist organizations in order to continue to sell cement,” the statement said.
“We are very regretted due to the fact that such actions took place, but we worked with the US Ministry of Justice to solve this problem,” the Lafarge statement said.