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Côte d’Ivoire toxic waste dump victims reflect on "small victory"
Victims of the 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal in Côte d’Ivoire told Amnesty International on Monday that a ruling protecting their compensation was a "small victory".There were celebrations in the capital Abidjan last week when a court ruled...
Tags: Amnesty, Toxic waste, oil trading, waste dump, Environment, Cￃﾴte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump, Environment of Cￃﾴte d'Ivoire, Amnesty International
Man loses Ivory Coast payout bid
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 20 days ago
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The oil trading company Trafigura had agreed to pay $45m (£27m) to 30,000 victims in an out-of-court settlement. Claude Ghourou had argued he should be given responsibility for distributing the money via a local organisation. Trafigura had agreed to pay...
Tags: Ivory Coast, toxic waste
Payments in Ivoirian Toxic Dumping Case Disputed
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 22 days ago
Credibility Senegal Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to the maneuverings by a shadowy but “influential” figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims’ lawyer said...
Tags: Ivory Coast, toxic dumped, toxic waste
'Toxic waste' report gag lifted
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | about 1 month ago
Credibility The legal firm Carter-Ruck has written to the Guardian saying the paper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions...Trafigura said neither they nor Carter-Ruck had "improperly sought to stifle or restrict" debate and...
Tags: Trafigura, Carter-Ruck, toxic waste
Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 2 months ago
Credibility Neither the claimants nor Leigh Day and Co have independently commented on the settlement, which would amount to a $1,700 payout for each claimant. Petroleum residues In August 2006, Probo Koala, a ship chartered by Trafigura, dumped caustic soda and...
Tags: Trafigura Beheer BV, Ivory Coast, toxic waste, Abidjan, waste dump, International Commodities Trader, coast waste, Probo Koala
Tory peer severs links with Trafigura
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 2 months ago
Credibility Lord Strathclyde severs links with oil trader Trafigura after waste scandal Lord Strathclyde, leader of Conservative party in the Lords. Photograph: David Mansell The leader of the Conservative party in the Lords, Lord Strathclyde, is to sever his links...
Tags: Trafigura Beheer BV, Ivory Coast, toxic waste, lords strathclyde, Lord Strathclyde, Abidjan
Ivory Coast deal is 'not enough'
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | 2 months ago
Credibility Trafigura has said it is close to agreeing compensation to settle a case against it by 30,000 claimants. Under the deal, the company would pay an undisclosed sum to those who suffered less serious illnesses. On Wednesday, the UN published a report suggesting...
Tags: Ivory Coast, toxic waste, Trafigura, Abidjan, evidence linking
Italy: Mafia accused of dumping nuclear waste off coast
Rome :: Italy | 2 months ago
Credibility The Italian government was on Wednesday facing questions from MPs over allegations that the mafia has dumped radioactive and other toxic waste off the southwest coast of the country. The waste now lying on the seabed 30 kilometres off the coast of Calabria...
Tags: toxic waste, Italian, Italy, radioactive waste, Rome
Toxic shipwreck calls for action
Rome :: Italy | 2 months ago
Credibility Opposition calls mounted on Tuesday for the government to provide details of a ship carrying toxic waste deliberately sunk by a criminal organization off the Calabrian coast. MPS with the centre-left Democratic Party and the small Italy of Values (IdV)...
Tags: toxic waste, Calabrian, Italian, Italy, Rome
Toxic waste return to UK from Brazil
Swindon :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility The material includes syringes, batteries, leftover food, chemical toilet seats, computer fragments, old medicine and used baby diapers. Brazil has fined five companies 408,000 Reais (USD 223,000) for importing the 89 containers, including the multinational...
Tags: Brazil, toxic waste, hazardous waste, Britain, MSC Serena, Environment Agency
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