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French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 75 words
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What to know about French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria

French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court.

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Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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What happened

French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court.

Why it matters

Former CEO Bruno Lafont was sentenced to six years in prison.

Common ground

Prosecutors said they paid millions to armed groups to keep a Syrian plant running.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court.”
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Only one relevant web search result confirms that Lafarge was found guilty of paying millions to jihadist groups including IS. While the claim mentions 'eight ex-employees', the provided evidence only explicitly confirms the company's guilt and the CEO's sentence, not the specific number of other employees in this specific snippet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bags of Lafarge cement with the Blue Circle logo. Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafarge_(company)
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 13, 2026 · French cement maker Lafarge has been found guilty of paying millions of dollars in protection money to jihadist groups, including the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), to keep it…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl1441816po
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web search NEUTRAL — We deliver advanced building solutions from foundation to rooftop, serving customers across infrastructure, commercial and residential markets and from new build to repair and refurbishment.
https://www.amrize.com/us/en/amrize-homepage.html
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Claim 2: “Prosecutors said they paid millions to armed groups to keep a Syrian plant running.”
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Multiple sources confirm the company paid millions to jihadist groups to keep its business/plant running in Syria. Specifically, the 'Cement giant guilty' source and the Bloomberg source both mention paying terrorist groups to avoid shutting a plant during the Syrian civil war.
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web search NEUTRAL — All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:16 PM. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.5
https://www.slotcartalk.com/slotcartalk/printthread.php?t=42…
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web search NEUTRAL — forums.t-nation.com
https://forums.t-nation.com/t/ian-kings-stance-on-stretching…
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web search NEUTRAL — All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:43 AM. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.5
https://www.slotcartalk.com/slotcartalk/printthread.php?t=23…
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Claim 3: “Former CEO Bruno Lafont was sentenced to six years in prison.”
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Three independent web sources (AFP via a news report, a legal/news summary, and Bloomberg) all explicitly state that former CEO Bruno Lafont was sentenced to six years in prison.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The French Association of Private Enterprises (French: Association française des entreprises privées, AFEP) is a French non-profit organization founded in 1982. It is widely viewed as the main lobby g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Association_of_Private_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de L…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafarge_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Policy Conference (WPC) is an independent organization whose aim is to contribute to improving all aspects of governance, with a view to promoting a world that is more open, prosperous, fair…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Policy_Conference
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