Truth behind Ivory Coast toxic waste dump

Newsnight BBC2 Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Thirty thousand people from Ivory Coast are taking on a massive British-based multinational after the dumping of poisonous waste on the land where they live in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast toxic waste claims
Newsnight investigation from August 2007 into claims multinational oil-trading company Trafigura dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast. The company is on trial in Amsterdam over the claims.

First broadcast Wednesday 25th June 2008

Company defends toxic dumping claims
Eric de Turckheim, co-founder of Trafigura, defends claims his company dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast.

This interview was first broadcast on 16 Aug 2007