Trafigura to pay $198 mln settlement to Ivory Coast (toxic dumping) - Reuters

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Trafigura to pay $198 mln settlement to Ivory Coast
13 Feb 2007 22:52:54 GMT
Source: Reuters

ABIDJAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Dutch-based oil trader Trafigura said on Tuesday it would
pay a 100 billion CFA franc ($198 million) settlement to Ivory Coast after thousands
of people fell ill when waste was unloaded from a ship it sent there.

The money will be used largely to reimburse costs the state incurred for having the
waste removed and the cost of medical treatment for those affected after it was
dumped in open-air sites around the Ivorian economic capital Abidjan last August.

At least 10 people were killed after exposure to the fumes.

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Neither Trafigura nor the Ivory Coast government accept any liability for August's
events, the company said in a statement.

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