{"id":1105,"date":"2025-12-23T08:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:48:59","slug":"france-lafarge-sanctions-trial-ends-with-verdict-due-in-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2025\/12\/23\/france-lafarge-sanctions-trial-ends-with-verdict-due-in-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"France &#8211; Lafarge sanctions trial ends with verdict due in April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a six-week trial, verdict in the Lafarge prosecution is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/verdict-in-french-company-lafarges-terror-financing-trial-set-for-april-2026\/3776106\">now expected<\/a> on 13 April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor&#8217;s Office is seeking a fine of \u20ac1.125 million, as well as a fine of \u20ac4.57 million that is directly related to the alleged breaches of EU sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecution is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/world\/mid-east\/france-seeks-132m-fine-jail-time-in-lafarge-terror-funding-trial\">also seeking<\/a> lengthy jail terms for the eight individual defendants of between 18 months and 8 years, including 6 years for the former CEO, as well as a \u20ac225,000 fine and a 10-year ban on serving in any management position in a company.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a six-week trial, verdict in the Lafarge prosecution is now expected on 13 April 2026. The Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor&#8217;s Office is seeking a fine of \u20ac1.125 million, as well as a fine of \u20ac4.57 million that is directly related to the alleged breaches of EU sanctions. The prosecution is also seeking lengthy jail terms for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2025\/12\/23\/france-lafarge-sanctions-trial-ends-with-verdict-due-in-april-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;France &#8211; Lafarge sanctions trial ends with verdict due in April 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,2],"tags":[96,20,48,47],"ppma_author":[7],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-95","category-general","tag-anti-terrorism","tag-financial-sanctions","tag-france","tag-isis"],"authors":[{"term_id":7,"user_id":656,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhandley","display_name":"Mark Handley","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/handleymark-100x100.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}