2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump waste, and was aided by Ivorians. A government committee concluded that Trafigura knew that the nation had no facilities to store such waste and knowingly transported the waste from Europe to Abidjan. The report further claimed that the "Compagnie Tommy" which actually dumped the substance "shows all the signs of being front company set up specifically to handle the Trafigura waste", and was "established in a period between Trafigura's decision not to pay for expensive waste disposal in Amsterdam and its ship's arrival in Abidjan." The government fact-finding committee had no prosecutorial powers, and its findings were rejected by the
LGBT rights in Ivory Coast few members of the group then protested outside the healthcare center where the doctor worked, eventually ending with the patient receiving care. Claver stated that overall, "There is still discrimination against gay people, but generally we are moving toward relative tolerance." LGBT rights in Ivory Coast Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Ivory Coast may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Ivory Coast, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples. Same-sex sexual