 In late 2008 a criminal prosecution was begun in the Netherlands by the Dutch Public Prosecutors office.While the trial was not scheduled to begin until late 2009, the head of Trafigura, Claude Dauphin, was specifically cited as not under indictment.Rather the company itself, the captain of the "Probo Koala", and Amsterdam port authorities would be charged with "illegally transporting toxic waste into and out of Amsterdam harbour" and falsification of the chemical composition of the ship's cargo on documents.