In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic State – to keep a Syrian cement plant running at the height of the country’s civil war.
The case, which opens on Tuesday at the Paris criminal court, marks the first time a French company has faced trial on terrorism financing charges.
