UK: Threat of High Court action spurs review of corporate conspiracy claim

Headline Title: UK: Threat of High Court action spurs review of corporate conspiracy claim 20 November 2014 UK authorities must launch a long-overdue criminal investigation into a British company’s role in one of the worst toxic waste dumping incidents of the last decade, Amnesty International said today after the Environment Agency finally agreed to review evidence submitted by the organization. It took the threat of court action for the agency to backpedal from its earlier refusal to review a legal brief making the case that UK-based Trafigura Limited may have conspired…

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