Question 30099 — terrorism

Summary

Ms. Frédérique Dumas draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the strong possibility that a French company listed on the stock exchange, specializing in particular in the storage of petroleum and chemical products, could have a link with the financing of the Organization of the Islamic State - Daesh. In 2011, part of the Syrian population revolted against the Damascus regime and the country descended into civil war. At the time, France supports the revolt and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) founded in July 2011. But the FSA is gradually being supplanted in several regions by Sunni or Salafist Islamist groups, such as Ahrar al-Sham or Jaych al-Islam, or by Salafist jihadist groups, such as the al-Nusra Front, recognized in 2013 as the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The conflict turns into a confrontation between Sunnis and Shiites. Said French company is at the same time making significant investments to develop the infrastructure of the oil terminal at the port of Ceyhan in Turkey and thus becoming, in its own words, “the largest independent oil products terminal in the Mediterranean”. In 2014 the al-Nusra Front entered into conflict against all the other belligerents, seized almost half of Syria, as well as a third of Iraq, and proclaimed the restoration of caliphate. That same year, this French company indicated in its reference document a sharp increase in oil volume from Iraq. Extract from the 2014 DDR: “The financial year was marked by a sharp increase (108%) in the activity of the Ceyhan terminal on flows from the autonomous region of Kurdistan (Iraq). In 2014, the increase in road transit of refined products and crude oil required the construction of a new bus station. At the same time, through resolution 2199 of February 2015, the Security Council strongly condemns any participation in direct or indirect trade, in particular in oil and petroleum products with the Organization of the Islamic State - Daesh. As for European regulations, the marketing of Syrian oil is prohibited under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EU) 36/2012. January 18, 2012. The French company still has significant and thriving activities in 2015. On February 1, 2016, the Russian government informs the Security Council of Turkey's possible involvement in the transportation and sale of oil. The information is officially completed by the global coalition which brings together 82 countries including France. It is then clear that in 2014 and 2015 the revenues from Kurdish and Syrian oil which transited through Ceyhan allowed the Islamic State Organization to establish its caliphate. However, no voluntary declaration has been received by Tracfin concerning the activities of this French company. No mention of this company appears in the report of the parliamentary mission on the resources of Daesh recorded on July 13, 2016. On May 25, 2020, this company raised 410 million euros. This is the first broadcast European high-yield bonds by a first-time issuer since the start of the health crisis. So, she asks him: why and how was the parliamentary mission kept away from the activities of this company? The Ministry of the Interior is aware of this file, would it like to forward it to the financial prosecutor to initiate a preliminary investigation? She asks him to please give her answers to this subject.

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