The French company Lafarge S.A., an international building materials manufacturer, funneled $6 million to ISIS and associates to protect cement plant operations Syria.
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A French company pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying terror groups, including the Islamic State, $6 million to keep a lucrative cement plant in Syria operating, marking the first time a corporation has been charged with supporting foreign terrorist organizations.
The Justice Department announced the guilty plea against Lafarge S.A., an international building materials manufacturer, after the firm was charged with conspiring to provide aid to the ISIS and the al-Nusrah Front, also known as al-Qaida in Syria, both U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations.
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