Ivory Coast minister quits over 'missing' Trafigura money
Source: The Guardian
Ivory Coast minister quits over 'missing' Trafigura money
Adama Bictogo, minister in charge of distributing compensation to
victims of toxic waste dumping scheme, was named in police
report
Rupert Neate
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 May 2012 18.00 BST
An Ivory Coast minister has resigned over allegations that he stole £700,000 from a compensation fund for the victims of toxic waste dumped by Trafigura.
Adama Bictogo, the minister in charge of dispensing the funds to victims, stood down after he was named in a police report into missing funds that was leaked to local media this week.
Trafigura was found guilty in 2010 of exporting toxic waste from Amsterdam, which was later dumped in Ivory Coast's economic capital, Abidjan, in 2006. The company agreed to pay £28.7m to compensate about 30,000 victims.
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