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Old pollution

Seven years after the Braer ran aground on the southern tip of Shetland, more than 200 claimants are waiting for compensation in the knowledge that there is not enough money allocated by the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPC) to pay them in full – if at all.

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