VIDEO: "The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery" looks at child slavery and chocolate

"Chocolate's Child Slaves" - The CNN Freedom Project

Early last year, CNN started a project that takes a hard look into the reality of slavery in today's world. The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery investigates all types of human trafficking occurring around the world from the sex trade to forced labor. Most recently, it has turned its focus on the issue of child slavery in the cocoa industry. Their recent documentary, "Chocolate's Child Slaves" aired this past Friday, Jan 20th. Below are some clips as well as other CNN videos relating to the topic...

Chocolate's Child Slaves

Working in cocoa fields at 10

Admitting slavery exists in cocoa fields

Teaching fair trade practices to kids

The ethics of chocolate

Paying more for fair-trade chocolate?

How to buy ethical chocolate

VIDEO: People & Power - Hot Chocolate

As if economic imbalance and child labor aren't bad enough in the cocoa industry, this report by Al Jazeera shows how cocoa also play a large role in the violent conflicts of the Ivory Coast. Like conflict diamonds, there is conflict cocoa.

Part 1


Part 2