The Dutch court has rejected four out of five allegations against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell over oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. It is the first time a Dutch-registered company has been sued in a domestic court for offense allegedly carried out by a foreign subsidiary. However, the also court found that the spills were not the result of a lack of security or upkeep but due to sabotage. The case was brought in 2008 by four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2013/02/shell-and-nigeria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21258653
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-shell-happy-over-dutch-court-verdict/137890/
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