Child welfare advocates have filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that ends up in America’s most popular chocolate desserts and candies.
Or in this case, actual child slavery - a lot of these children have been kidnapped (sometimes from neighbouring countries), trafficked to a plantation, and made to work for free.
I think people like to imagine that these are all kids working alongside mum and dad for subsistence wages for their families but the reality is often much, much bleaker than that.
Or in this case, actual child slavery - a lot of these children have been kidnapped (sometimes from neighbouring countries), trafficked to a plantation, and made to work for free.
I think people like to imagine that these are all kids working alongside mum and dad for subsistence wages for their families but the reality is often much, much bleaker than that.