Person: Frans Bauduin

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€1m fine for waste dump that may have killed 17

A DUTCH court yesterday slapped a €1 million fine on a Swiss-based company whose chartered ship dumped hazardous waste, which the Ivory Coast says killed 17 people.

Sat, 24 Jul, 2010

Oil firm fined over toxic waste 'exportation'

Oil trading company Trafigura was fined fined €1m today for exporting hazardous waste that allegedly left 15 people dead and thousands ill in Ivory Coast.

Fri, 23 Jul, 2010

Oil firm fined in toxic waste case

Oil trading company Trafigura was today fined €1m for exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast and hiding the cargo’s dangerous nature when it was unloaded from a ship in Amsterdam.

Fri, 23 Jul, 2010

Fortuyn assassin jailed for 18 years

THE confessed assassin of populist Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years yesterday for the first Dutch political killing in more than three centuries.

Wed, 16 Apr, 2003

Fortuyn assassin jailed for 18 years

The man who confessed to killing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years today for the first political assassination in the Netherlands since the Second World War.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2003