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A high-profile international legal dispute that’s been dragging on for three years may be about to be settled. The dispute involves a multinational trading company named Trafigura. It’s been accused of illegally dumping toxic waste from a cargo ship in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. Several people are thought to have died, and as many as 100,000 claim they became ill, after being exposed to the sludge. The company denies the waste was dangerous. But it did pay almost $ 200 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the government of Ivory Coast. Now, the BBC has uncovered evidence revealing that the company did know the waste was hazardous. We talk with Liz MacKean of the BBC’s Newsnight program.
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