2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump 300,000 euros in compensation - the money it saved by dumping the toxic waste in Abidjan rather than having it properly disposed of in the Netherlands. The Dutch also agreed to stop the personal court case against Trafigura's chairman, Claude Dauphin, in exchange for a 67,000 euro fine. In September 2006, Trafigura commissioned the internal "Minton Report" to determine the toxicity of the waste dumped in Abidjan. The Minton Report was subsequently leaked to the WikiLeaks web site and remains available there. On 11 September 2009, Trafigura, via lawyers Carter-Ruck, obtained a secret "super-injunction" against "The Guardian", banning that newspaper
Ivory Coast Expedition Ivory Coast Expedition The Ivory Coast Expedition, or the Liberia Expedition, was a naval operation in 1842, launched by the United States against the West African Bereby people. After the attacks on the merchant ships "Mary Carver" and "Edward Barley", the American Congress approved a punitive expedition to the area and placed Commodore Matthew C. Perry in command. The expedition was successful in exacting redress by destroying the fortified town of Little Bereby and by killing the chief responsible for the attacks on American shipping. The expedition to the Ivory Coast began on June 6, 1842, when Commodore Perry hoisted