Holcim – previously LafargeHolcim, the parent company of Aggregate Industries, which was formed after a "merger of equals" in 2015 between Swiss-based Holcim and French-based Lafarge – will be the ultimate beneficiary of the quarry at Straitgate Farm.
The company changed its name in 2021, no doubt because of a number of controversies. One controversy – Lafarge’s previous support for terrorists in Syria – refuses to go away.
"🇫🇷 intelligence was paying DAESH via LaFarge. This money may have been used in the Paris attacks. The Kalashnikov that killed the French was bought with LaFarge's money."
— hermes (@hermes_z) January 5, 2023
We are no strangers to the French collaborating with terrorist organizations. Now the PKK?
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This sits separate from the French prosecution for complicity in crimes against humanity & any claim to remedies from victims.
— Tara Van Ho: mastodon: @taravanho@bhre.social (@TaraVanHo) October 18, 2022
What the (otherwise great) article by @rebeccadobrien & @GlennThrush doesn't explain is that these fines will not go to the victims but to @USTreasury
