Media Corrections
Times correction, 7
September 2009 (PDF)
“...Trafigura have always disputed
that the dumping caused, or could have caused, the deaths and
serious injuries referred to in the article and are defending the
personal injury action being brought against them in the High Court
in London. We are happy to put the record straight.”
BBC broadcast apology, 17 December 2009 (PDF)
“We accept
that the independent experts who have considered this matter in
detail were unable to establish any link between the waste and
these serious consequences. We withdraw those allegations and
apologise to Trafigura”
Independent apology, 27 February 2010 (Weblink)
“On 17
September 2009 our front page story ‘Toxic shame’ concerned the
legal settlement in the UK of claims by individuals who alleged
that they had been injured when waste from a Trafigura chartered
ship was illegally dumped... The article stated that claimants had
been maimed and wrongly suggested that, due to the settlement,
claims of more serious injuries including miscarriages would not be
tested in the High Court case. In fact such claims had
already been withdrawn earlier last year...”
Times Online
correction, 30 April 2010 (PDF)
“...We wish to make clear
that the dumping was not carried out by Trafigura as the article
may have suggested but by an independent local contractor without
Trafigura’s authority or knowledge. Furthermore, in September
2009 lawyers for Ivorians who were suing Trafigura over injuries
allegedly caused by the dumping acknowledged that at worse the
waste could only have caused flu-like symptoms...”
Guardian apology, 6
May 2010 (PDF)
“Our item headlined Success for the
Guardian (26 April, page 2) erroneously linked the dumping of toxic
waste in Ivory Coast from a vessel chartered by Trafigura with the
deaths of a number of West Africans...”
Economist correction, 16 December 2010 (Weblink)
“In our
article on corporate leaks last week ‘Be afraid’, we said that in
September 2009 WikiLeaks had posted a UN report showing Trafigura
had dumped hazardous waste in Cote d’Ivoire. In fact, the
report leaked was a draft of a study commissioned by Trafigura
itself...”