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Re: Trafigura found guilty
I see that Trafigura was fined €1M. That's not a lot of money to a company like that. I wonder if they are going to clean up and pay damages to the victims? -
Re: Trafigura found guilty
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I see that Trafigura was fined €1M. That's not a lot of money to a company like that. I wonder if they are going to clean up and pay damages to the victims? </div></div>
what is nasty is there was tghe facilities to have it cleaned.. now what kind of dum idiot put caustic onto grease...???? It was a simple job of suctoon and cleaning out the tank.. routine in literally every harbur in Europe... I had it done on boats in great Yarmouth UK, in Runavik.. In rotterdam it was a minor issue.....They are appealing.Comment
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Re: Trafigura found guilty
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Netherlands: Oil Trading Company Fined in Dumping of Toxic SludgeBy MARLISE SIMONS
Published: July 23, 2010
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A Dutch court on Friday imposed the maximum fine of $1.28 million dollars on the oil trading company Trafigura for illegally exporting highly toxic sludge that ended up dumped in Ivory Coast and that was eventually linked to the deaths of 16 people and thousands of illnesses in 2006. The court also found the company guilty of covering up the hazardous nature of the waste, including high levels of caustic soda, sulfur compounds and hydrogen sulfide, when it first tried to unload it in Amsterdam. After Trafigura balked at treatment costs, the sludge was pumped back on board the ship Probo Koala, which left with its load. Trafigura denied wrongdoing, but it paid $200 million to Ivory Coast for cleanup and $50 million to nearly 30,000 victims and their families. Another criminal lawsuit is before a court in The Hague.</div></div>
Originally by Wahalla:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what is nasty is there was tghe facilities to have it cleaned.. now what kind of dum idiot put caustic onto grease...???? It was a simple job of suctoon and cleaning out the tank.. routine in literally every harbur in Europe... I had it done on boats in great Yarmouth UK, in Runavik.. In rotterdam it was a minor issue.....They are appealing.</div></div>
Wally, I went on Google to see what I could find about the company and came up with what I posted at the top. They have the nerve to be appealing! These people are Criminals ; paying a measely amount of their profit in fines while they polute areas in Africa killing off black people with their toxic poisonic sludge on an on-going basis... <span style="font-weight: bold">THIS SHOULD STOP NOW before more lives are lost.</span> ~ I thought we are living in the 21st century when this sort of racial disrespect and poisoning was a thing of the past... These wrong doings should be tracked by an International Agency and companies engaged in this practice be punished severely or put out of business... I am p-zz-d to know that this is happening in this day and age...
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