As far back as 2016, we have been writing about how Aggregate Industries' parent company Holcim – previously known as LafargeHolcim, a conglomerate formed by the merger of Swiss-based Holcim and French-based Lafarge – was accused of financing terrorism in Syria.
The case is now tied up in the French courts, as we posted earlier this year.
This week, The Guardian published this story:
For the @gdnlongread, I wrote about the French cement giant Lafarge, which decided, back in 2013-14, that it was a good idea to pay ISIS millions of dollars so that it could keep making and selling cement in Syria.
— Samanth Subramanian (@samanth_s) September 17, 2024
You read that right.
A short 🧵:https://t.co/HEOiyLmBQu
If an ongoing criminal case in France convicts Lafarge of crimes against humanity, it would be huge: the first time a firm anywhere has been found guilty on this front.
— Samanth Subramanian (@samanth_s) September 17, 2024
The factory is no more; it was bombed by Turkey earlier this year. [6] pic.twitter.com/PInBiOWvP9
