Corporations on Trial : Dumping ground (episode 1/5)
21/05/2009
In a special five-part series People & Power (Al Jazeera) charts the rapidly growing number of lawsuits being brought against multi-national corporations. Around the world, ordinary people are asking how many more times their interests should be sacrificed for corporate greed and shareholder profit.
Dumping ground
It is the largest class action in British history. Brought by the human rights lawyer, Martyn Day, on behalf of 30,000 Ivorians against the world’s third largest independent oil trader Trafigura.
The suit alleges that the company neglected its duty of care when disposing of a tonnes of toxic - material that was illicitly dumped on Abidjan’s streets with appalling consequences.
