French cement maker Lafarge pleads guilty to U.S. charge of supporting Islamic State

French company Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting ISIS

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria. The admission in Brooklyn federal court marked the first time a company has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization. Lafarge, which became part of Swiss-l…

Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in US court on Tuesday (18 October) to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria.

French cement maker admits it made payments to Islamic State in Syria to continue operations

This is the first time that a company has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of providing material support to a terrorist organisation.

Lafarge pleads guilty to U.S. charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million

By Luc Cohen and Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) – French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria.The admission in Brooklyn federal court marked the first time a company has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of providing material support to a terror…

US: French cement firm admits Islamic State group payments

NEW YORK (AP) — French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group to keep a plant operational in Syria — at a time when the militant group was engaged in torturing kidnapped

US: French cement firm admits Islamic State group payments

NEW YORK (AP) — French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group to keep a plant operational in Syria — at a time when the militant group was engaged in torturing kidnapped Westerners