Sunday, November 18, 2012

World Briefing | Europe: Trafigura to Pay Fine for Exporting Toxic Waste

In an out-of-court settlement, the commodity trader Trafigura will pay $1.7 million in fines for illegally exporting toxic waste to Ivory Coast, Dutch prosecutors said Friday. The company was convicted in 2010 but had appealed a $1.3 million fine for illegally exporting the waste. Ivory Coast residents said the waste, which was dumped in the open, made them ill. Prosecutors had also appealed the fine, upheld by another Dutch court in 2011, saying it should have been higher. The settlement ends all appeals. Trafigura chartered the ship Probo Koala to take hundreds of tons of waste to Ivory Coast?s main city, Abidjan, after learning that it would have to pay cleanup costs if it was disposed of in the Netherlands. After the material was dumped, thousands of residents complained of illnesses, and the government of Ivory Coast said 16 people died.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/world/europe/trafigura-to-pay-fine-for-exporting-toxic-waste.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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