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The sentences
Trafigura Beheer BV was fined €1 million for
breaches under Charges 1 and 2. 687 Captain
Chertov was found guilty of Charges 2 and
3, and given a five-month suspended prison
sentence. 688 Naeem Ahmed was found guilty
of the Charge 2; he was given a six-month
suspended prison sentence and a fine of
€25,000. 689
The court noted that Trafigura Beheer BV’s
violation of the EWSR was “the most serious
offence”, 690 and criticized Trafigura for its
actions. The court stated that:
“ Trafigura may justifiably and with reason
The court in Amsterdam found Trafigura guilty of illegally
exporting waste to Africa. © ANP/EVERT ELZINGA
be blamed for having done precisely that which
the eWSR, the Fourth lomé Convention and
the Treaty of Basel all aim to prevent, namely
the exporting of waste to the Third World and
691
causing harm to the environment . ”
The judgement highlighted Trafigura Beheer
BV’s failure to have had a proper plan for
disposal of the waste when producing it, 692
its failure to check that Abidjan possessed
the proper facilities to process the waste
before discharging it, 693 and also criticized the
circumstances surrounding the contract with
Compagnie Tommy. 694
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