Countries:
Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands
Topics:
Business, Energy, Environment, Health, International Relations
Languages:
French

L'actualite de Cote d'Ivoire writes that twelve people, including the head of Tommy, a local waste processing company, are set to appear before a court in Abidjan later this month; they are charged with “poisoning or conspiracy to poison” for illegally dumping 500 tons of toxic waste.  Tommy was under contract with Trafigura, a Dutch energy company, to process the waste after Trafigura decided it was too expensive to process in Amsterdam.

Posted by Jennifer Brea

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