The court rejected the bid for the case by Greenpeace
The appeal court in the Hague has thrown out a bid by Greenpeace for Dutch public prosecutor to bring a criminal case against oil trader Trafigura over the damage caused by waste dumped by the tanker Probo Koala in 2006.
Trafigura had earlier been found guilty in the Netherlands for transporting waste illegally from Amsterdam to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and been fined EUR 1m ($1.4m).
It had not, however, been prosecuted over the damage it allegedly caused.
