On September 7, 2021, the French Cour de Cassation (the highest judicial court) overruled (in French) the Paris Court of Appeal decision to dismiss the claim of complicity in crime against humanity against Lafarge. Lafarge’s Syrian subsidiary, more than 98% owned by the French parent company, paid over $15 million to terrorist groups, including ISIS through middlemen between 2013 and 2014 to maintain the activity of its cement plant.
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