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Extinction Rebellion Targets Commodity Traders in Geneva

  • Group occupies office of biggest independent oil trader Vitol
  • Climate activists also target Gunvor and Cargill in protest
Extinction Rebellion climate protest ‘crime scene’ outside the Gunvor Group offices in Geneva, on Feb. 17.Photographer: Andy Hoffman/Bloomberg
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Scores of climate change protesters from a Swiss branch of the Extinction Rebellion campaign group staged protests against commodity houses in Geneva, occupying the office of Vitol Group, the biggest independent oil trader.

About 50 protesters breached the offices of Vitol near the Hotel des Bergues in Geneva on Monday, where they used tape to create human outlines on the ground resembling a murder scene.