Abidjan, IVORY COAST: Two French managers of the Swiss-based multinational Trafigura, which chartered the Probo Koala vessel that offloaded toxic waste in mid-August in Ivory Coast, Claude Dauphin (L) and Jean-Pierre Valentin, are escorted 16 November 2006 at the Abidjan jail. The waste gave out fumes that poisoned thousands of inhabitants of Abidjan resulting in at least 10 deaths and the hospitalisation of 69 other people. Doctors reportedly receiving more than 100,000 calls for medical help. Victims of the pollution have brought a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Trafigura. Getty Images logo Getty Images 39 months ago

Abidjan, IVORY COAST: Two French managers of the Swiss-based multinational Trafigura, which chartered the Probo Koala vessel that offloaded toxic waste in mid-August in Ivory Coast, Claude Dauphin (L) and Jean-Pierre Valentin, are escorted 16 November 2006 at the Abidjan jail. The waste gave out fumes that poisoned thousands of inhabitants of Abidjan resulting in at least 10 deaths and the hospitalisation of 69 other people. Doctors reportedly receiving more than 100,000 calls for medical help. Victims of the pollution have brought a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Trafigura.

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