{
   "changes" : [],
   "keywords_list" : [
      "Bruno Lafont",
      "CEO",
      "French",
      "Islamic State",
      "Lafarge",
      "Lafarge scandal",
      "Paris",
      "Syrian armed groups",
      "asset forfeiture",
      "court",
      "financing",
      "prison"
   ],
   "slug" : "/feed/2026/04/13/a-court-in-paris-france-convicts-cement-company-lafarge-and-several-former-executives-including-former-ceo-bruno-lafo",
   "date" : "2026-04-13",
   "images" : {},
   "keywords_main" : "Lafarge scandal",
   "index" : 35,
   "keywords" : [
      {
         "index" : 172,
         "slug" : "/wiki/bruno%20lafont",
         "name" : "Bruno Lafont"
      },
      {
         "name" : "CEO",
         "slug" : "/wiki/ceo",
         "index" : 116
      },
      {
         "index" : 37,
         "slug" : "/wiki/france",
         "name" : "French"
      },
      {
         "name" : "Islamic State",
         "index" : 317,
         "slug" : "/wiki/islamic%20state"
      },
      {
         "slug" : "/wiki/lafarge%20(company)",
         "index" : 71,
         "name" : "Lafarge"
      },
      {
         "index" : 1,
         "slug" : "/wiki/lafarge%20scandal",
         "name" : "Lafarge scandal"
      },
      {
         "name" : "Paris",
         "index" : 14,
         "slug" : "/wiki/paris"
      },
      {
         "name" : "Syrian armed groups",
         "index" : 406,
         "slug" : "/wiki/list%20of%20armed%20factions%20during%20the%20syrian%20civil%20war"
      },
      {
         "index" : 506,
         "slug" : "/wiki/asset%20forfeiture",
         "name" : "asset forfeiture"
      },
      {
         "name" : "court",
         "index" : 2,
         "slug" : "/wiki/judiciary%20of%20france"
      },
      {
         "slug" : "/wiki/finances%20of%20the%20islamic%20state",
         "index" : 239,
         "name" : "financing"
      },
      {
         "name" : "prison",
         "slug" : "/wiki/prisons%20in%20france",
         "index" : 617
      }
   ],
   "related" : [
      {
         "text" : "Thieves steal part of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, before fleeing on motorbikes. Police have been unable to locate them. The stolen Crown of Empress Eugénie is later recovered, although it was damaged. ",
         "date" : "2025-10-19",
         "hash" : "66843b84fb1a09417e71ef0694b1a7338ecc906d",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "slug" : "/feed/2025/10/19/thieves-steal-part-of-the-french-crown-jewels-from-the-louvre-museum-in-paris-france-before-fleeing-on-motorbikes-pol",
         "index" : 9,
         "changes" : [
            {
               "text" : "Thieves steal priceless jewelery from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, before fleeing on motorbikes. Police have been unable to locate them. ",
               "hash" : "594dabb8531889fd894e159c67785fd841ca2daf",
               "timestamp" : 1760912531,
               "date" : "2025-10-19",
               "slug" : "/feed/2025/10/19/thieves-steal-priceless-jewelery-from-the-louvre-museum-in-paris-france-before-fleeing-on-motorbikes-police-have-been"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         "date" : "2023-06-21",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "hash" : "8145d0dc5d04472ec0f19750f1643a14f6096711",
         "text" : "Around 50 people are injured and one is missing after an explosion and fire on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France. ",
         "changes" : [
            {
               "date" : "2023-06-21",
               "hash" : "a551ddcdc48e261842fa94189aa4accc333a8cd1",
               "timestamp" : 1687441726,
               "text" : "Around 50 people are injured and one is missing after a suspected gas explosion and fire on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France. ",
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/06/21/around-50-people-are-injured-and-one-is-missing-after-a-suspected-gas-explosion-and-fire-on-rue-saint-jacques-in-paris"
            },
            {
               "text" : "Around 50 people are injured and one is missing after a suspected gas-related explosion and fire on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France. ",
               "hash" : "accff47a9652fc26b2dfe0defa580576ce13c4b8",
               "timestamp" : 1687434516,
               "date" : "2023-06-21",
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/06/21/around-50-people-are-injured-and-one-is-missing-after-a-suspected-gas-related-explosion-and-fire-on-rue-saint-jacques-in"
            },
            {
               "timestamp" : 1687384099,
               "hash" : "b5de101c583459ce6b8a3793258900a501e0d16a",
               "date" : "2023-06-21",
               "text" : "Twenty-nine people are injured and two are missing after a suspected gas-related explosion and fire in Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, France. ",
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/06/21/twenty-nine-people-are-injured-and-two-are-missing-after-a-suspected-gas-related-explosion-and-fire-in-rue-saint-jacques"
            },
            {
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/06/21/twenty-nine-people-are-injured-and-two-are-missing-after-a-suspected-gas-related-fire-in-rue-saint-jacques-paris-franc",
               "text" : "Twenty-nine people are injured and two are missing after a suspected gas-related fire in Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, France. ",
               "date" : "2023-06-21",
               "hash" : "c5774d4a60d40247c3e252a021513a0129cccc39",
               "timestamp" : 1687376905
            }
         ],
         "index" : 4,
         "slug" : "/feed/2023/06/21/around-50-people-are-injured-and-one-is-missing-after-an-explosion-and-fire-on-rue-saint-jacques-in-paris-france"
      },
      {
         "index" : 10,
         "slug" : "/feed/2023/01/11/six-people-are-injured-in-a-mass-stabbing-at-the-gare-du-nord-train-station-in-paris-france-the-attacker-is-shot-by-po",
         "changes" : [
            {
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/01/11/six-people-are-injured-during-a-mass-stabbing-at-the-gare-du-nord-train-station-in-paris-france-the-attacker-is-shot-b",
               "text" : "Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France. The attacker is shot by off-duty police, arrested, and hospitalized. ",
               "timestamp" : 1673536085,
               "hash" : "6d2ea2120a2c1a07f13132da0ab81827cc21ae35",
               "date" : "2023-01-11"
            },
            {
               "date" : "2023-01-11",
               "timestamp" : 1673471271,
               "hash" : "e01258704ada7208ecbbb0ffa889fe9d618417b3",
               "text" : " Six people are injured in a knife attack at Paris's Gare du Nord train station. The attacker is shot by off-duty police, arrested and taken to hospital. ",
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/01/11/six-people-are-injured-in-a-knife-attack-at-paris-s-gare-du-nord-train-station-the-attacker-is-shot-by-off-duty-police"
            },
            {
               "slug" : "/feed/2023/01/11/six-people-are-injured-in-a-knife-attack-at-paris-s-gare-du-nord-train-station-the-attacker-is-shot-by-police-arreste",
               "hash" : "c42b1de188c2e08a40c0cf8cd061824b3c15c6d6",
               "timestamp" : 1673456879,
               "date" : "2023-01-11",
               "text" : " Six people are injured in a knife attack at Paris's Gare du Nord train station. The attacker is shot by police, arrested and taken to hospital. "
            }
         ],
         "text" : "Six people are injured in a mass stabbing at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France. The attacker is shot by police, arrested, and hospitalized. ",
         "date" : "2023-01-11",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "hash" : "39b48ef067cb4f33e573fe2cdc6a6fea4951c64c"
      },
      {
         "changes" : [],
         "slug" : "/feed/2021/05/14/a-court-in-france-bans-pro-palestinian-protests-planned-in-paris-however-activists-say-that-protests-will-go-as-planne",
         "index" : 33,
         "hash" : "e2f69de0638be01659015b4df7477a01630c51c5",
         "score" : 2,
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "date" : "2021-05-14",
         "text" : "A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned. "
      },
      {
         "text" : "Former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya dies from COVID-19 at a hospital in Paris, France. ",
         "date" : "2020-12-18",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "hash" : "f5c75392797ef6d51f99bff41234086c51fe4213",
         "index" : 27,
         "slug" : "/feed/2020/12/18/former-president-of-burundi-pierre-buyoya-dies-from-covid-19-at-a-hospital-in-paris-france",
         "changes" : []
      },
      {
         "index" : 7,
         "slug" : "/feed/2018/07/23/femen-co-founder-and-activist-oksana-shachko-is-found-dead-in-her-paris-apartment-in-an-apparent-suicide-france-granted",
         "changes" : [],
         "text" : "Femen co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko is found dead in her Paris apartment in an apparent suicide. France granted her political refugee status in 2013. ",
         "date" : "2018-07-23",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "hash" : "494857c41fef1457afe603b1c96f7f1d3e8feeb7"
      },
      {
         "text" : "Far-left anarchists clash with riot police in central Paris, France. Several businesses are looted and set on fire, including a McDonald's restaurant and Renault garage. Hundreds are arrested. ",
         "date" : "2018-05-1",
         "hash" : "071bf22c5bb944f4aed1409d579743eba7e24001",
         "score" : 2,
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "slug" : "/feed/2018/05/1/far-left-anarchists-clash-with-riot-police-in-central-paris-france-several-businesses-are-looted-and-set-on-fire-incl",
         "index" : 27,
         "changes" : []
      },
      {
         "slug" : "/feed/2013/01/10/police-in-france-discover-the-bodies-of-sakine-cansiz-one-of-the-co-founders-of-the-kurdistan-workers-party-and-two-o",
         "index" : 4,
         "changes" : [],
         "text" : "Police in France discover the bodies of Sakine Cansız, one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, and two other Kurdish activists who were all shot dead in a Kurdish information center in the capital, Paris. ",
         "date" : "2013-01-10",
         "hash" : "8e59dd1526417b1bad1becf285102e5c5b22a795",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2
      },
      {
         "date" : "2011-03-2",
         "hash" : "0ce4f2cf70f7036bf30ec214287141abb04f75e2",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "text" : "Prosecutors in Paris, France, say that British fashion designer John Galliano will face criminal charges over alleged anti-Semitic remarks. ",
         "changes" : [],
         "slug" : "/feed/2011/03/2/prosecutors-in-paris-france-say-that-british-fashion-designer-john-galliano-will-face-criminal-charges-over-alleged-an",
         "index" : 19
      },
      {
         "index" : 16,
         "slug" : "/feed/2010/03/8/french-police-shoot-tear-gas-at-protesters-at-oil-company-total-sa-s-headquarters-in-paris",
         "changes" : [],
         "text" : "French police shoot tear gas at protesters at oil company Total S.A.'s headquarters in Paris. ",
         "date" : "2010-03-8",
         "keywords" : [
            "French",
            "Paris"
         ],
         "score" : 2,
         "hash" : "7a20967c15c393c37ae5e7338beedf1dea9f7963"
      }
   ],
   "sources" : [
      {
         "year" : "2026",
         "month" : 4,
         "permalink" : "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/french-court-rules-cement-giant-lafarge-guilty-of-funding-syrian-terrorism",
         "hash" : "1b0da0f9ce0dd9e951ed4af81da1c385d313d46b",
         "name" : "Al Jazeera",
         "day" : "13"
      }
   ],
   "hash" : "ddc7140f2793e02649b40ef05e8076ebd8d781ad",
   "text" : "A court in Paris, France, convicts cement company Lafarge and several former executives, including former CEO Bruno Lafont, for financing the Islamic State and other Syrian armed groups between 2013 and 2014, imposing fines, asset forfeiture, and prison sentences. "
}