Review of facts before the opening of the Erika trial

Review of facts before the opening of the Erika trial

Report on the opening of the Erika trial in Paris, seven years after the sinking of the oil tanker off the coast of Brittany in December 1999. Fifteen legal and natural persons will appear before the Paris Correctional Court including the Total group, the owner of the ship Giuseppe SAVARESE, the commander Karun MATHUR and the control company RINA. The civilian victims estimate their damage to be more than one billion euros and believe that the Total group is largely responsible for the ecological disaster. Assessment of the damage caused by the oil spill. Commentary on illustration images, archive images, alternating with interviews of Christophe PRIOU, mayor UMP of Croizic, civil party, Master Corinne LEPAGE, lawyer of the civil parties and Master Daniel SOULEZ-LARIVIERE, counsel for Total.

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File : Sinking of the Erika

Publication date : 10 February 2007