The Chocolate Industry Exposed: Child Labor, Trafficking and Fair Trade Mislabeling

If glamor is a facade that often hides the exploitation behind the fashion industry, then the sweetness of chocolate found within the brightly foiled wrappers can be an easy distraction from the gritty, sad reality of how that chocolate is made. The ultimate irony is that an industry that especially especially caters to children’s Willy Wonka fantasies too often relies on the trafficking of children to make it.
A comprehensive look on how to fight child labor in the chocolate industry.