received the charge it comes after investigations into their business practices in war torn syria lafarge is charged with paying almost thirteen million euros to jihadists including the so-called islamic state to keep a factory open in war torn syria a plan to continued running long after other french companies had pulled out of the country investigators say the payments were considered a tax in exchange for which militants allowed free movement of the company's staff and goods inside the war zone the company's complicity in the terror group's activities were uncovered by human rights groups. the only company to remain in the region to spite the region being controlled by the us far she didn't take necessary measures to protect the safety of the employees of a syrian subsidiary people were abducted there were kidnappings there were murders also law forces suspected of having financed the i.a.s. and thus a terrorist enterprise. according to paris ordered la farge to hand over thirty million euros as a security deposit ahead of the trial it has charged eight former executives with financing

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