The French judiciary has set the formal investigation procedure against the former head of the cement group to Lafarge Holcim. The investigation authorities had decided, Eric Olsen in the trial against a total of eight former managers to leave, said his lawyer Pierre Cornut-Gentille on Tuesday.
In the process, the activities of the French-Swiss company during the Syrian civil war. The French authorities go to the question of whether Lafarge has paid for the extremist militia Islamic state, in order to keep the factories of the group in Syria on the Run.
The authorities had now come to the conclusion that Olsen had been in possible operations, such as terrorist financing involved. Olsen said that the decision to restore his honor. He could now dedicate themselves to the continuation of his career. Olsen, who is a French and American citizen, had left Lafarge, Holcim after an internal investigation, protection money payments. (nag/sda)
Created: 05.03.2019, 18:36 PM
