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.

Oil firm fined in toxic waste case
Fri, 23 Jul, 2010 - 12:52

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.

Prosecutors had asked for a fine of €2m.

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