POV: Your Company Funded a War (Lafarge - Bruno Lafont)

He ran one of the largest cement companies on earth. Then a French court ruled that what he had actually done was fund a war. This is the story of Bruno Lafont, the Frenchman who climbed thirty-two years at Lafarge to become its CEO, kept his Syrian cement plant running through a civil war, and became the first executive in French history to be convicted of financing terrorism. His company called it the cost of doing business. The court called it a commercial partnership with the Islamic State. ──────────────────────── ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Cold Open 00:34 - The Climb 02:46 - Syria Enters 05:19 - The Payments 08:24 - The Plant Falls 10:41 - The Reckoning 14:36 - The Verdict 17:03 - The Workers 18:52 - Reflection ──────────────────────── 📚 DIG DEEPER 📖 READ: → Dorothée Myriam Kellou's original Le Monde investigation (2016) Le Monde France: https://www.lemonde.fr/syrie/article/... 🎬 WATCH: → "The Factory: A Covert French Operation" (TRT World, 2021) YouTube:    • The Factory : A Covert French Operation - ...   ──────────────────────── As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some links above are affiliate links. We earn a small commission if you purchase — at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the channel! This video is a dramatisation inspired by real events. Internal thoughts and dialogue are fictionalised for storytelling purposes. Visual style is illustrative. All facts, figures, dates, and legal outcomes are sourced from public record.