Lafarge scandal

Lafarge scandal refers to the court case against Lafarge, the French cement company, for making payment to the armed terrorist groups Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and al-Nusra Front between 2013 – 2014. The scandal was first revealed by a French journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou and was then followed by investigations by the French government. The company was found guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity and was ordered to pay $777.8 million over the issue.