Despite its US$46 million settlement in London on 20 September of a class action brought on behalf of 30,000 Ivorians, British-based oil trader Trafigura still faces criminal charges in Norway and the Netherlands relating to the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Abidjan in 2006. In the settlement, Trafigura accepted no liability for the victims who, according to a UN investigation (AC Vol 50 No 18), had died or become ill after exposure to the waste. The action against Trafigura in the Netherlands, where its leased ship the Probo Koala tried to offload the waste before sailing to West Africa, is the most important. On 16 September, Greenpeace submitted a request to the Dutch prosecutor asking for Trafigura and its Chief Executive Claude Dauphin to be tried for illegally dumping toxic waste and corporate manslaughter. For now, Trafigura faces charges of forging documents to conceal the toxic nature of the cargo from Amsterdam port officials. Greenpeace argues that company emails, seen by Africa Confidential, show that Trafigura personnel were aware of the dangers caused by ‘caustic washing’ on the Probo Koala. A 28 December 2005 email to Dauphin says that ‘caustic washes are banned by most countries due to the hazardous nature of the waste’, and that the only plant capable of processing the waste safely was in Rotterdam. On 17 August 2006, an email was sent to Trafigura’s Abidjan subsidiary Puma Energy, saying that the Probo Koala was on its way and wanted to dump the slops in Côte d’Ivoire.