Trafigura and its misleading ads  The notorious oil trading
company is told off for newspaper ads claiming it behaves well
in West Africa  The world's least favourite oil trading company,
Trafigura, has just suffered another PR blow. It's been told by
the Dutch advertising standards commission that its claim to
have good intentions in its dealings with West Africa misled the
public.  The issue was a series of newspaper ads put out by the
company in the Netherlands claiming that it "always aims for a
proper adherence to its economic and social activities in the
West African region."  It doesn't take a genius to figure out
the motives behind the ads. The events that followed the
company's 2006 dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast
incident was a PR disaster. Details of the scandal left many
with the firm belief that Trafigura is an enemy of West African
people at the mercy of its slops. It triggered the largest ever
personal injuries claim from Ivorian victims in England's high
court, and a slew of negative