Ivory Coast Police Rescue 11 Children Working on Cocoa Farms Suspected of Human Trafficking

Ivory Coast Police Rescue 11 Children Working on Cocoa Farms Suspected of Human Trafficking
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Reuters
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Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of human trafficking, the police commissioner said.

Child labor increased in the world’s top cocoa producer during the pandemic lockdown, according to a report in June by the Swiss-based International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).