POPs IN AFRICA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRADE 1980 - 2000 ... - Arte

concent of government. You are aware that no company or
individual will like to be identify for dumping killer chemical to
any place. This is done where the local villagers will feel that
you are about to start an industrial projects which we bought the
land for. The involvement of other bodies is to allow for smooth
passage untill the chemical gets to the site.
You never mention the type of chemicals you wish, we handle...”
“Lagos, (Undated, possibly 1992)
...I have decided with some Colleagues in ... (a bank in Benin)
and the ... ministry to contact you privately on this business for
the arrangement of transfering the sum of 20,500,000 U.S.
Dollars (Twenty Million and five hundred thousand united states
dollars) to your company’s account through the... (bank) ...This
money emanated from over invoicing in a contract awarded to a
foreign firm to secretely clear a toxic waste product dumped in
Benin during the political era of Kerekou. The contact was done
and the current amount was paid remaining the above amount as
the excess...”
Unidentified location, undated, probably 1992
“Dear Sir,
PROPOSAL FOR IMPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF
INDUSTRIAL TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE
In view of the high cost of treating toxic and radioactive wastes
in the industrial countries and propelled by the acute need for
foreign exchange in less developing countries in AFRICA, we, a
group of international businessmen, in consent with key
personnel in the government of NIGERIA, TOGO,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA and REPUBLIC of BENIN have
developed a closed syndicate which specializes in the clandestine
importation and disposal of industrial toxic and radioactive
wastes on behalf of industrial concern in the west for a fee.
In consonance with our code of strictest confidentiality, we may
not be able to furnish you the names of our former and current
clients, as references, neither can we provide you with an
avalanche of documents to prove that we are permitted to treat or
import toxic wastes as they do not exist, but be rest assured that
we are acting as agents of the various governments mentioned
above and we have never failed to honour an obligation in this
respect. Moreover, in all our agreements, provisions have been
made to protect the interest of our clients as well as ours within
an atmosphere of trust and strict confidentiality. In other words,
we will not require payment until the job has been done...
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