Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China's property giant Evergrande, has pleaded guilty to charges including embezzlement and bribery, marking a significant development in the fallout from Evergrande's collapse. In a separate case, French cement giant Lafarge has been found guilty in a Paris court of financing terrorism by paying millions of dollars to militant groups, including the Islamic State, to maintain operations at its Syrian plant during the civil war. These corporate crime cases highlight ongoing accountability issues in major multinational companies.








