A spreading of toxic gags
In the struggle to reveal details of the waste dumping in Ivory Coast, the Guardian and the BBC are not alone in attracting the attentions of Trafigura's lawyers brandishing gags. Here in Norway, at the national broadcaster, we too were issued with stern legal warnings. And so we published.
Norway has an important, if little reported, role in the Trafigura scandal. Back in 2006, as the Probo Koala tanker ship delivered waste to Ivory Coast, her sister ship, Probo Emu, was preparing for the same journey. But when controversy emerged in the west African state, Trafigura redirected the vessel to a tank facility in Norway.… Seguir leyendo »