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Title: Trader Trafigura says settles Ivorian waste case
Visit: Trader Trafigura says settles Ivorian waste case
Author:
Loucoumane Coulibaly & Reed Stevenson, Reuters
Dated:
20 Sep 2009
International commodities trader Trafigura said on Sunday it had reached a settlement with thousands of people in Ivory Coast who said they had fallen ill from toxic waste dumped around the economic capital Abidjan. Each of the 31,000 claimants represented by British law firm Leigh Day and Co would be entitled to damages of about 950 pounds ($1,553), Trafigura board director Eric de Turckheim told Reuters. Trafigura said the settlement was in no way an admission of liability. An Ivorian group representing the victims said it rejected the offer, and accused the company of exploiting Africa's poverty to end the row and avoid taking responsibility.
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Visit: Senior staff comments on Trafigura Case
Author:
letter to editor of Guardian [UK] by Exec. Director John Morrison; blog post by Director of Policy Salil Tripathi, both of Institute for Human Rights & Business
Dated:
22 Sep 2009
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