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September 20, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Amsterdam orders investigation into ship that brought toxic waste to Ivory Coast

Amsterdam’s City Council said Wednesday it has ordered an independent investigation into a ship that carried waste blamed for the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast. The ship, the Probo Koala, was chartered by a Netherlands-based company, Trafigura Beheer BV, and had unsuccessfully tried to unloa

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Amsterdam’s City Council said Wednesday it has ordered an independent investigation into a ship that carried waste blamed for the deaths of seven people in Ivory Coast.

The ship, the Probo Koala, was chartered by a Netherlands-based company, Trafigura Beheer BV, and had unsuccessfully tried to unload the waste in Amsterdam before it finally disposed of it in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The company says it handed the material

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