€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.

“The court sentences Trafigura to a fine of €1m,” presiding judge Frans Bauduin said as he found the company guilty of breaking European waste export laws on Dutch territory.

Trafigura said it was disappointed by the ruling in the Amsterdam district court and would consider an appeal.