Amid Syriaโs descent into civil war, Lafargeโs quest to keep its $680 million cement plant running led to secret deals with terroristsโand ultimately, a historic U.S. Department of Justice prosecution for aiding ISIS.
Case Studies
Posted inEurope
Inside a Dark Pact, Chapter 3: Danger of their own making and a critical series of missteps
Paris-based cement maker Lafarge thought it was saving a plantโinstead, it built a pipeline to the Islamic State of Syria.
Posted inEurope
Inside a Dark Pact, Chapter 2: Background and Evolution of a Scheme
Middlemen were used and invoices were falsified, but the trail remained. French cement maker Lafargeโs Syrian cement plant began as a business in a war zone, but it soon spiraled into a revenue-sharing agreement with ISIS thatย led to historic charges of financing terrorism.
Posted inEurope
Inside a Dark Pact, Chapter 1: Lafargeโs Terrorist Funding and Compliance Fallout in Syria
Compliance Weekโs latest case study investigates French cement maker Lafargeสผs collapse into criminalย conduct detailing how sidelining ethics andย compliance can lead companies into dangerousย territory. What began as โlocal concessionsโย ended in funding terrorismโand a historic legalย and reputational disaster.
Posted inTechnology
Navigating top risks in the insurance industry
Cyber threats, climate-related catastrophes, and disruptive technologies remain top risks reshaping the U.S. insurance industry. The question is how chief risk officers at the nationโs largest insurers are confronting them.
Posted inCase Studies
A Tale of Two Storms Case Study
Compliance Week embarked on its first-ever long-form case study in mid-2019 to tell the story of Carnival Corporationโs history of chronic environmental violations and its road back to compliance under new leadership and the watchful eye of the federal government.
