French cement giant Lafarge found guilty of financing ISIL in Syria

A Paris court has found the French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing terrorism. The judge said the company deliberately and knowingly paid millions of dollars of protection money to armed groups in Syria, including ISIL (ISIS).

Al Jazeera's Natacha Butler reports from Paris, France.

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