Overview
- The 56-page complaint alleges the company directly financed and materially supported Mozambique’s Joint Task Force guarding the Mozambique LNG site in 2021.
- Survivor accounts cited by prior investigations describe 180 to 250 men detained in metal containers between June and September 2021, with only 26 survivors.
- ECCHR says its filing includes photographs of the containers and internal security reports obtained through Italian and Dutch freedom-of-information requests.
- TotalEnergies and its Mozambique LNG subsidiary deny knowledge of murders near the containers and contest the allegations, with CEO Patrick Pouyanné previously demanding proof.
- Funding scrutiny has intensified as UK Export Finance withholds a $1.1 billion commitment pending its probe, Dutch authorities examine the case, other inquiries proceed in Mozambique, and the company seeks $4.5 billion in compensation while targeting production around 2029.