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Viewing cable 08BAMAKO876, UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BAMAKO876 2008-11-07 07:15 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bamako
VZCZCXYZ0007
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBP #0876 3120715
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 070715Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY BAMAKO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9758
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS BAMAKO 000876 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR G/TIP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, 
AND SLAVERY CASES IN MALI 
 
REF: A. BAMAKO 00243 
     B. BAMAKO 00759 
     C. BAMAKO 00702 
 
1.(U)  On October 30 the Embassy met with the Justice 
Ministry's Secretary General Badou Hasseye Traore and 
technical advisor Boubacar Sidiki Samake to inquire about the 
status of Dow Chemicals' property rights infringement case, 
two child trafficking cases, and five cases of alleged 
slavery in northern Mali. 
 
2.(U)  The Dow Chemicals case has been pending before the 
Malian Supreme Court since 2007.  The Embassy last discussed 
the case with Secretary General Traore in March 2008 (Ref. 
A).  Toure said he continued to follow the case but noted 
that the Supreme Court operated independently of the Justice 
Ministry and that it often took a year or more for the Court 
to hand down a decision. 
 
3.(U)  Traore's said he was aware of recent decisions by 
judges in the towns of Kita and Sikasso to release several 
child trafficking suspects on their own recognizance pending 
trial but said he did not view these decisions as 
problematic.  Officials at the Ministry for the Promotion of 
Women, Children and Families (MPFEF) previously expressed 
disappointment with these decisions as the rulings seemingly 
undercut MPFEF efforts to combat child trafficking (Ref. B). 
Traore defended the decision to release the suspects, saying 
that such decisions were within the authority of local 
judges.  He said the Ministry of Justice had no indication 
that any of the five suspects (three in Kita and two in 
Sikasso) who were released had disappeared or attempted to 
flee, even though four of the five liberated suspects were 
not from the towns where they were captured.  The two 
suspects released in the southern town of Sikasso were both 
Ivoirian nationals. 
 
4.(U)  The Embassy also asked Traore about five cases 
involving allegations of slavery that are currently pending 
before courts in northern Mali.  Three of these cases are in 
Menaka and one is in Gao.  A newly introduced fifth case 
involves the September 2007 abduction of a child in the town 
of Kidal (Ref. C).   Even though these cases have received a 
significant amount of press coverage in local Malian 
newspapers, including the official government newspaper 
L'Essor, Traore maintained that he had never heard of any 
slavery allegations in Mali.  We provided a brief resume of 
the cases in Gao and Menaka, and referenced the recent ECOWAS 
decision ordering the Government of Niger to pay 
approximately USD 20,000 in damages to a victim of slavery. 
 
5.(U) Qraore, who is from the town of Gao, acknowledged that 
he needed to learn more about the slavery cases in Mali but 
said he supported the idea of taking alleged slave-owners to 
court and that if anyone was guilty of practicing slavery in 
Mali they should be punished accordingly.  "We don't need to 
go to ECOWAS," said Traore; "we can deal with these cases 
here in Mali." 
 
6.(SBU)  On October 31 the president of the black Tamachek 
association Temedt and Mali's main anti-slavery advocate, 
Mohamed ag Akeratane, told the Embassy that the ECOWAS 
decision had opened the door for Malian victims of slavery 
and that Temedt was actively considering whether to bring the 
cases already filed in Mali to ECOWAS as well.  On November 4 
Temedt's vice president, Ibrahim ag Baltanat, said Temedt was 
moving ahead with these plans.  He also said that Temedt 
briefed the Justice Minister in 2007 on slavery issues in 
Mali.  While expressing surprise that this information had 
not filtered down to the Ministry's Secretary General, ag 
Baltanat said the Minister supported Temedt's strategy to 
publicize and combat slavery in Mali. 
 
7.(SBU)  Comment: Traore's lack of concern regarding the 
liberation of child trafficking suspects was disappointing. 
The amount of time it takes to bring suspects to trial, 
coupled with the fact that four of the five suspects who were 
released have no ties to Kita or Sikasso, does not bode well. 
 Traore's expression of support for legal cases brought by 
Malian victims of slavery, on the other hand, was welcome 
given that several other Malian officials have dismissed the 
slavery complaints as political stunts designed to complicate 
ongoing negotiations with Tuareg rebels. 
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