The oil group Total signed, Tuesday, November 29, an amicable transaction with the eight Burmese who were at the origin of the investigation opened on October 9, 2002, against him in the court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) for the crime of "sequestration". The plaintiffs accused the French oil company of having had to work for it, forced and forced by the Burmese army. Under the terms of the agreement, obtained by simply bringing the parties together, Total undertakes to pay compensation of 10 euros per complainant against the withdrawal of their complaint.