{"id":627,"date":"2010-01-22T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delicious.com\/url\/56693d3677cb533763355c7eae8d21b8#tomathon"},"modified":"2010-01-22T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:06:37","slug":"trafigura-pay-out-to-go-to-cronies-not-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/01\/trafigura-pay-out-to-go-to-cronies-not-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafigura pay-out to go to cronies not victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Ivorian court has ruled that a previously unknown NGO should get all compensation, not the victims. '…a senior partner at Leigh Day, the British law firm that has been representing claimants, said that following Friday's ruling, "the prospect of our clients receiving their compensation look somewhat remote… Thirty thousand Ivoirians have been looking to get the compensation due to them to alleviate their lives. Now there is a very real chance they will not see a penny." Another Leigh Day lawyer, Kouame Klement, said only his firm knew the identity of those due to be paid, and that he was worried Mr Gohourou's group would create fictional lists of names. Leigh Day said in a statement that it was concerned there was a "Mr Big" behind Mr Gohourou… Amnesty International is among those concerned that the money could be stolen if passed to Mr Gohourou's newly created non-governmental organisation.'<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Ivorian court has ruled that a previously unknown NGO should get all compensation, not the victims. '…a senior partner at Leigh Day, the British law firm that has been representing claimants, said that following Friday's ruling, "the prospect of our clients receiving their compensation look somewhat remote… Thirty thousand Ivoirians have been looking to get the compensation due to them to alleviate their lives. Now there is a very real chance they will not see a penny." Another Leigh Day lawyer, Kouame Klement, said only his firm knew the identity of those due to be paid, and that he was worried Mr Gohourou's group would create fictional lists of names. Leigh Day said in a statement that it was concerned there was a "Mr Big" behind Mr Gohourou… Amnesty International is among those concerned that the money could be stolen if passed to Mr Gohourou's newly created non-governmental organisation.'<\/p>\n

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