{"id":1202,"date":"2026-04-13T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:44:07","slug":"france-cement-maker-lafarge-and-eight-executives-convicted-of-sanctions-and-terrorist-financing-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2026\/04\/13\/france-cement-maker-lafarge-and-eight-executives-convicted-of-sanctions-and-terrorist-financing-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"France – cement maker Lafarge and eight executives convicted of sanctions and terrorist financing breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Further to our earlier posts<\/a>, a court in Paris had today handed down<\/a> judgment in the long-running Lafarge prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company has been convicted of breaches<\/a> of the EU’s Syrian sanctions as well as terrorist financing and has been fined \u20ac1.125m as well as a separate fine of \u20ac4.57m for breach of sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the executives also being prosecuted<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Bruno Pescheux (former director of the Syrian cement factory) received a 5-year jail term and was fined \u20ac225,000;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Bruno Lafont (former Lafarge CEO) was sentenced to 6 years in jail and fined \u20ac225,000;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Christian Herrault (former deputy Managing Director) was sentenced to five years in jail and fined \u20ac225,000;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Frederic Jolibois (successor to Pescheux) was sentenced to three years in jail, two of which were suspended, and fined \u20ac80,000;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Jacob Waerness was sentenced to 18 months in jail and fined \u20ac20,000 and a ban from entering France;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Ahmad Al Jaloudi was sentenced to 2 years in jail and fined \u20ac20,000 and a ban from entering France;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Amro Taleb, a Syrian intermediary, was sentenced to 3 years in jail and fined and fined \u20ac60,000 and a ban from entering France;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Firas Tlass, tried in absentia, was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail with a \u20ac225,000 fine and a ban from entering France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears that a decision on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime in this case is awaited. The prosecution was seeking confiscation of \u20ac30m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the individual defendants have already indicated their intention to appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Further to our earlier posts, a court in Paris had today handed down judgment in the long-running Lafarge prosecution. The company has been convicted of breaches of the EU’s Syrian sanctions as well as terrorist financing and has been fined \u20ac1.125m as well as a separate fine of \u20ac4.57m for breach of sanctions. Of the … <\/p>\n

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