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Lafarge convicted in ‘historic’ French terror-financing case

By Martin Coyle ( April 13, 2026, 16:11 GMT | Insight) -- Cement company Lafarge and eight former employees — including its former chief executive Bruno Lafont — were found guilty in a French court on Monday on terror-financing charges, in the first case of its kind in the country. The Holcim-owned company was was fined €1.1 million, while Lafont was jailed for six years.Cement company Lafarge and eight former employees — including its former chief executive — were found guilty in a French court on Monday on terror-financing charges, in the first case of its kind in the country....

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