Saturday 24 July 2010

Trafigura meets Dutch justice

Reuters - A Dutch court fined commodities trader Trafigura 1 million euros (£833,518) on Friday for illegally exporting toxic waste to Ivory Coast which ended up being dumped in the open air.

Trafigura, one of the world's biggest oil and metals traders with 2009 sales of $47 billion (30.6 billion pounds), said in a statement it would study the ruling, and it may file an appeal. The court also convicted a Trafigura employee and a ship's captain.

The government of Ivory Coast said 16 people died.


Below: a woman carrying wood walks near a toxic waste site.

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