A former jihadist lawyer and two journalists were tried in Paris and convicted of transferring funds to the Islamic State. Suspended prison sentences of 10 months to three years were handed down on Friday.
The heaviest sentence, three years' imprisonment with a simple suspended sentence, targets former lawyer Bruno V., 50. Bruno V. admitted to having participated in the corruption of an Iraqi army officer to try, in vain, to spare the life of jihadist Maximilien Thibaut during the battle of Mosul in Iraq in 2017.