this is news live from berlin impeachment 2.0 in the u.s. lawmakers take action again to impeach u.s. president donald trump democrats formally accused of inciting violence last week the mob that overran the capital they say to choose from the president also coming up. migrants misery in the cold of a bosnian winter they are stuck in many without shelter on a long journey toward the european union. and germany titans coppa 19 restrictions yet again with hospitals and i say use filling

up we'll look at why the country can't get the coronavirus under control. welcome to the show history repeating itself in the united states democrats in the u.s. house of representatives have introduced an article of impeachment against donald trump they charged the president with inciting insurrection following the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol last week trump is set to become the only u.s. president to face impeachment proceedings twice the vote could take place as soon as wednesday. less than a week after protesters stormed it. was the capitol is much changed and the author affects not just evident outside the. inside the democrats are

intent on removing donald trump who they say is responsible for the violence. resolution calling on vice president michael r. pants to convene 1st the vice president was urged to use his constitutional authority to activate section 4 of the 25th amendment to declare president donald j. trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president or what republicans quickly block the move i object democrats then introduced an article of impeachment against trump which could be voted on as early as wednesday. charges him with incitement of insurrection referring directly to last week's capitol rampage even if democrats have enough votes in the house it could be difficult to win over the senate the main issue is not on the house side it's on the senate side the senate is not around they're not scheduled

to come back until the 19th and so there is really nothing forcing them to do anything. quicker than that and a trial again if if they want it they could rush it through but they would not want to do that neither side. whether it be sooner or later many washington residents feel action needs to be taken seems pretty clear that the president was ignored and encouraged inciting a riot encouraging sedition and you know even though it's 10 days i think that you know how to cause this reaction should mean something no matter who it is. going to target senator cruz and senator really. strong. points. i think you should hold them accountable. history will look back on this and if we do not act on this moment we fail and so i think that's

really critical that we do our job as americans as a government to put down the possibility of this ever happening again you have to go with the president having just over a week left in office is what we priced to move. let's cross over to did all these all resolve it in washington all over nice to have you with us so how strong are the chances that one of these 2 options to remove trump will be successful while option one is the 25th amendment that would effectively remove president trump from office but for that mike pence what have to weigh in as vice president and invoke that 25th amendment and that is but hardly think of all of this point so all democratic hopes are on a 2nd impeachment proceeding in fact that is also rather a symbolic move because even after the new congress is sworn in the democrats would not have the necessary 2 thirds majority incentive to convict. so

that's unlikely but of course the democrats want to make clear that congress is not accepting his demeanor and it's also meant for the history books because donald trump would be the 1st president in american history to be impeached twice so down from only has a little over a week left in his presidency so why are democrats making this effort now. the interesting question here is especially why exactly go ahead with a trial that might even run after inauguration day so you would have joe biden in office and you would have an impeachment trial against donald trump well the reason is that there is a small small likely naz that if they are successful they will block a new candidacy of donald trump so he can build run again as a successfully impeach president he will not get any protection anymore the whole status will be taken off him so no on earth no secret service no office and that is even interesting full some republicans were trying to think about running

themselves in 2024 so there is a small chance that that might be happening and that is basically why democrats are pushing for it there's plenty of americans right now who are looking at this and they're still siding with donald trump there's still a lot of anger out there against the democrats so how are the democrats preparing how is washington preparing for joe biden's inauguration that's right and we're just getting f.b.i. reports that say there might be. a violent protests in and protests in all 50 states on inauguration day so what we're seeing here washington is a large area surrounding the capitol cordoned off in a way we have never seen that before the same applies to the wide hold itself thousands of police are deployed the national guard really drove through washington today it looks like a goldstone once again the whole inner city all the whole downtown area with the

boarded windows so it's unlikely that we will see violence on a scale that we've seen on that day when when trump supporters stormed the capitol but we might see scuffles and it will be especially interesting to look at what's happening in the other states in the u.s. . you know these all over salad in washington thank you. now the european union has called on bosnia to improve living conditions for hundreds of migrants young and old lacking shelter in the middle of winter bosnia has become a dead end for many trying to reach that you by way of the so-called balkan route the situation has grown dire for some after one detention center was burned to the ground. aid workers make their way to a makeshift migrant camp in the middle of the woods with the help of e.u. funds they try to ensure that at least the most basic needs are being met. with the

shelters like this there's almost nothing to be done so it's about making sure they have the sleeping bags the winter clothes the shoes so that they can survive the winter the camp is home to 60 young men from bangladesh as well as entire families . before walking you know. these migrants say they arrived 2 months ago but have had to continually move since then and walking is all of that this is what remains of the official camp and after it was set on fire last month. the army has set up heated tents but there aren't enough of them hundreds of people are still living in the burned out ruins of the camp and shireen and his friends try as best they can to keep warm. so we don't have a. slip in the shower all we can in this hour or so a lot of people. called life is. lived here.

until now attempts to set up new camps have been blocked by local governments all the older official camps are already filled to capacity aid workers are looking after nearly 200 makeshift camps scattered near bosnia's border with croatia. they also provide 1st aid for migrants wounds including injuries sustained when they are caught by croatian border guards and forcibly brought back to the bosnians side so people regularly get people have their money or a cell phone stolen they have their clothes burnt and then there and then they're pushed back illegally to pleasure facilities and then they begin again then they're here again and then they try to. aid workers distribute food and water to the needy families some find shelter in abandoned houses luxury conditions compared to the makeshift camps. many migrants still hope to reach the e.u.

this family from afghanistan has just been pushed back from the croatian border. to be yet made me my husband. my son they've thrown my baby's food like this and this is if you can explain we would give you there were 3 on guys and they would vary but. there's little aid workers can do to help this family but the food they hand out at least means the children won't have to go to bed hungry. stricter lockdown restrictions have come into force across germany as the country struggles with the 2nd wave of corona virus infections a german cove in 1000 death toll past 40000 at the weekend more than 80 percent of the country's intensive care beds are now occupied. at this crematorium signs of the high number of coronavirus deaths in germany it hasn't yet reached its limit but the number of coffins arriving here has increased the daily death toll now

far exceeds what it was during the 1st wave of the pandemic just last week germany saw a new record number of daily deaths over 1000 that the situation remained serious was confirmed on monday by the german government spokesman. very high daily death figures the very high rate of people in intensive care units 5 and a half 1000 people who currently have to be treated in intensive care. this all shows that we are in a very very difficult phase and there can be no doubt about that. to further curb the spread of the virus tougher coronavirus restrictions came into effect on monday across germany but with some regional variations schools will mostly remain closed until the end of january people can only meet with one other person from another household in hotspots with the higher incidence of coronavirus people

cannot travel further than 15 kilometers from their home questions have been raised regarding the off towards ability to enforce such rules berlin police say enforcement will continue as usual. we will be on patrol within the city both with special police units but also as part of our routine duties. we will act proportionately but if we see people disregarding the rules we will respond accordingly and take appropriate steps. to follow. the current restrictions are meant to stay in place until the end of january when germany's federal and state governments will meet again to evaluate the situation and decide on the way forward now for a look at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic world health organization has warned that herd immunity from the virus will not be achieved globally by the end of the year as even effects in makers managed to step up their

production and lebanon is imposing a 24 hour lockdown for 11 days starting thursday to stem its latest spike in new infections you know it's been sparked panic buying in supermarkets since only delivery orders will be oh wow. many parts of the world snow fall is a welcome sight in winter but not in spain this season stormfield a minute on friday blanketing large parts of the country and snow and bringing every day life to a halt after a weekend of marveling at the unusual weather the cold reality of dealing with it is setting in. standstill in spain the country is simply not equipped to deal with this weather after madrid experienced its heaviest snowfall in 50 years cars were left abandoned on the city's ring road the government activated the military to deal with the situation the capital's and port is now up and running again with bulldozers making up for the lack of snowplows in the country. hospitals

already stretched by the coronavirus caseload have remained open with some health care workers tripling their shifts to cover for colleagues unable to make it in. some elderly patients are arriving on foot as ambulances struggle through the slippery streets with many roads still closed. while some have enjoyed the unusual weather it has left its mark on vulnerable parts of the population. on the outskirts of the capital the situation in deprived areas is proving particularly difficult where many residents don't want to risk using emergency shelters. in these times with the pandemic going on i'm not going to a shelter i still have a home right now but i don't have electricity. madrid residents hoping for a return to normality will have to wait a further cold spell is set to turn the snow into ice in the coming days as

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chocolate we can't seem to get enough of it each year we consume $7000000.00 tons of it worldwide. it comes in countless varieties and price ranges made by anything from small artists and all chocolate makers to the international giants that dominate the market. and the whole spectrum can be seen at confectionery trade fairs like this but the exhibitors are also here to teach children about where chocolate comes from google is a good as you heard of ivory cruise is the biggest producing country in the world through the caicos fruit of the cocoa tree is called the couple's look how it is has the look of course we take care of these plants. surprisingly there are a critical voices at the exhibition as well environmental organization mighty earth

is here to talk about the darker side of chocolate souffle much if you've consumed cocoa the past 20 years if you have a closely guarded child labor and sleigh. every absolutes work in the worst condition as a dangerous chemical has shut machetes don't have to carry the very heavy load work later. this has long been known in the chocolate industry but many companies still insist they are doing what they can to protect children and the environment. to satisfy the sweat and the industry acknowledges the problems if i see a forestation child labor on plantations us officials i assure you it's they are working hard to improve the situation is the answer they want and that. over the last 10 years more and more cocoa producers have pledged to save the forests and send children to school instead of work. but are they.

this is the harbor of abidjan the economic capital of ivory coast the west african country produces 40 percent of the world's entire cocoa supply. the trees that it comes from grow on small remote farms. there are around 6000000 of these fans worldwide and they're mostly left to their own devices. their harvest then goes through a long supply chain of traders and manufacturers before it ends up on our shelves. i'm paul mora a french television journalist and i'm interested in the very 1st link of this chain. much of the remaining rain forest in ivory coast lies in the southwest about an 8 hour drive from the capital the region is known as the

country's cocoa belt. even as we approach on the main road children run. away when they see our camera it's a sign we're getting close to the plantations. why did you tell him to run away is he working for you. so why send him away quietly filming. child labor is forbidden in ivory coast punishable by up to 6 months in prison but it's really prosecuted as it's shown too hard to prove. in the far west of the country the roads turn into wet muddy dirt tracks. militias patrol the area they say they're here to protect the people.

they collect money from everyone who passes through especially the cocoa trucks. it costs 100 francs to sometimes 500 if you've got a truck it's 1000 francs. this is the protected one deb a forest reserve about 10 kilometers from the liberian border it used to be part of the species rich west guinea and lowland rain forest. but there's not much left of the forest or the protected animals. the land was cleared to make way for thousands of illegal cocoa plantations.

the green plants are all kick out trees the primary forest is dead. officially no one is even allowed to enter the syria without permission from the for. ryssdal thorazine but no one is here to enforce the rules. of these hidden camps a list signs. to. the firm as a working illegally on land that doesn't belong to them journalists aren't welcome here so we don't tell them what we do. we're accompanied by a member of an n.g.o.s the human rights. that go. around 40 people live in these camps in huts men and children only. they drink water from the river and eat bananas and manual that they grow in the forest themselves.

if they people could count poles and cut them open with machetes all day. it takes a lot of care and precision the shells a hod and their blades shop. with because it's the only way to extract the precious beans that is still coated in a white fleshy culp because. that's . the beans are left out to dry before they have bagged up and sold to a co-operative. the workers old very

young about a 3rd of them a children. c c they're extremely poor immigrants from neighboring. makino faso. can't get enough of. their homeland is a country plagued by drought hunger and violence the cocoa business in ivory coast is often their only hope for survival. drum on is 13 years old really good why don't you go to school if you do good why don't i go to school when you're there and yes even my documentary opt out if you want to do whatever they want you can buy those parents couldn't afford it anymore to. you know come on how did you end up here. ok with my older brother a lot of still don't know. is the youngest in this camp corporal right what

about you know no school. no. no no no i don't like school. and you know i need to earn money for. these forest should in theory be monitored by ivory coast's ministry of water and forests. and we're using the u.s.c. ranges here she yeah but they leave us alone with them they are. the government does have an official plan to save the rainforest they want to redistribute the land reforest some of the areas that have been destroyed and use legal farms more efficiently more than 200000 cocoa farmers are meant to receive training. but next to nothing has actually happened so far meanwhile immigrants from bikini

faso continue to arrive to work on ivory coast illegal plantations. they come as children and stay for many years the forest becomes there presumably. and when it sees is just one of its prisoners or their parents stayed. in burkina faso you don't see them develop a deep you know i haven't seen them for 6 years but. you were 15 when you arrived here of a family didn't try to do some one to remember yes now i'm 21 a long time without your parents or your yes it's very painful you were told me i even got you know not one thing i'm going to tell you why no it was 50 things you know this is the 1st year i've actually started earning money. doesn't this joke of my day. it's one of the darkest secrets of these clandestine plantations people like us ceased toil for years without compensation only later

did they receive a small piece of land in return to grow their own harvest and keep any returns he'll. he can finally make some money from selling cocoa this is how the camps in guam debate operate 1st the boys work for food then for payment in kind. while colley has also started working on his 1st small plot of land if there's a good guy to you if your boss doesn't pay you this is no no i didn't get any money at all that's not a decided i'd work you know get my own. for the plumber you work for free for 6 years exactly that's slave labor. yes that's just the way it is. this year i harvested i going to have.

a bag and a half that's 180 kilograms. which sells for 210 euros that's our least new annual income. has just arrived from bikini afonso this is the start of his new life here. and then i. think someone's going to hear skipping can you tell me how much money he makes. for the. idea that god. alone. and in developing get paid on how much. the question is making really sharp uncomfortable. i mean authority.

probably if he works in here literacy of his own plot. ok thank you for tamara right now he's working for free he's working towards getting his own water then imposed on it but it will not how old are you offended 3 do you know how old you are. one of us when he doesn't know. where is your birthday. it was here but he went through the city. the city of good glow is 40 kilometers east of the forest children from bikini afonso who've been sold by their parents arrive at least bus station to be bought by plantation owners. to observe one of these transactions our n.g.o.s help a pretends to be a farmer he's wearing a hidden camera. he finds 2

traffickers at the station waiting for the children to arrive from bikini afonso. they target the most vulnerable ones who'll be willing to work just for food. they tell us who's in charge of this business. the next day we meet the old man as he's known here but given the interest me off my kids for you no problem where you . live i'm going to pay a purpose and. i'll be very happy to find children for you. i'll be happy and so will you. this will turn your profit of your parents get 200000 francs on this are. you send the 200002 the parents or to all of her sure why look below average for one of the long can they work for me 34 years. to stay for 3 maybe 2 years and i can't pay more than 200000 don't worry they're not all

the same price. humans have different prices. with the sheep are not worth the same. to finish your coffee and get the children. just right no of course it is ok. 200000 west african c.f.a. francs a worth roughly 300 euro. rose that's the cost of $1.00 slave for 3 years. while our guide has a coffee the old man gets a tip off that there are journalists investigating the illegal plantations he calls off the deal. the young workers have no idea of the dangers they face at the cocoa plantations one of the worst is invisible toxic herbicides because i know that you work in the fields. we come across a lot of children wearing big weed sprays on their backs often working without

a mask we want to find out what they're spraying. isn't that harmful for you. you know. you will get sick knowing. what you pour in there. so that that that the reason doesn't have a red lead yes there was the red lip means the boys unless. the bottles with the red lead contain we kill and it's sold everywhere but what's it made off. so is the basket no idea what it is it's chinese you're. forced to find out more about these weed killer we venture further into the forest to another illegal plantation the deeper we push the more we begin to realize why the forest is dying out and when they go in there we're going to.

do it kills we burst your boys and everything then you plant cocoa. yes we spray the stuff everywhere including to the children who work here use this product as wells even sitting member yes. it's clive to say do you know what that or yes. we know the name but we don't know what it does we just kill weeds and black cocoa . glad to say it is a broad spectrum herbicide that kills almost all plant species and the world health organization has identified it as a probable cause an agent especially when applied without appropriate protective gear. has no one told you it might be dangerous i know we didn't know it was harmful or possibly even deadly. because when you see the protective clothing on the packaging doesn't that make you wonder a lot was said we know we have protection to use this product but we don't have any . so we just may do without it if. that's how you make room to plan

a cow brains while that's right. once the vegetation has been destroyed the cocoa can grow quickly. come over for tea do to the trees they're all white. we set them on fire. look at do we use dry wood to burn them down. if they like you. being you have more also writes for coca. exactly as i'm going. to count trees rely on the 1st of all so is of the forest but they're also leeching them dry. the environmental organization mighty earth documents the destruction is an idea. is a way to look at our life and once kick our right it takes over the entire forest

as a full sun monoculture masses of chemicals are sprayed all over 20 years later the ground is completely worthless so they push deeper into the forest and do the same thing again and again they just keep moving further and that's why i say the cow plant is a canopy can you back. between 992015 over 90 percent of ivory coast's primary forests were cleared. they've mostly been replaced with could count trees. these continual deforestation is having an impact on the local and global climate less forest means less rain and without rain nothing will be able to grow here even

cocoa. for as the soil dries up so does a vital source of income in the region within a week in the ground deb a forest we witnessed all the crimes the industry pledged to eradicate including slave labor child labor and the destruction of the environment. that. got good. however each and every day terms of these illegal cocoa beans into the regular supply chain the people who buy them are like to keep a low profile but we find a trading post at the edge of the forest that buys both legal and illegal produce these bags stored here come from at least 40 different pharmacies. and there's no marking on the bags to say where they came from their opened and the beans are all mixed together completely impossible to track.

one of the biggest cooperatives in the region cooper webb used to work under the fair trade label. displaying this logo means taking a stand against child labor and deforestation. in 2017 people we have had it certification suspended was there cocoa being grown in the protected rain forest. area that's what. we have hardly any business partners in the classified rain forest the number is marginal. is it safe. when these trucks arrive with dozens of bags like these are you sure none of them come from the areas where child labor or deforestation are taking place let's be honest we saw child labor everywhere within

the classified zone outside the zone everywhere. so it is a fact it depends what you call child labor a man who takes his kids to the field on sundays is that child labor. no that's not child labor assume. but i'm going from the cane afonso who's been here for. my view is that's child labor raiola i mean normal. so far i haven't heard of any such cases of children working for one of our parts that stink. like a little can you be sure and we inspect our producers every year. to supply chain for chocolate is anything but transparent what exactly happens between the forest and down supermarkets. to the cocoa you process where does it go

how does it work who's buying this fact orders. exporters. like to mislay. it is export us from ivory coast. to. the cooper web manager won't tell us who he sells to we come back in the evening and to drive us spills the beans. to the congo yes. they both yes. cooper web sells it's kick our beans to congo a giant us conglomerate the trades agricultural commodities among other things. it's an intermediary that sells cocoa on to the chocolate makers whose products we see in our supermarkets many people haven't even heard the name before.

surprisingly we managed to get an interview with congo they usually prefer to stay under the radar. i keep the silver cocoa too that you get from ivory coast to many big companies i'm not exactly sure nestle mars legal. and some others. without knowing it ma. most of us are eating cocoa products supplied by congo the company promises that it supplies clean cocoa but we have our doubts we confront the manager and his p.r. officer with our images. only the stupid things we only stayed for a few days and we saw children on the roadside working with machetes and weeding with dangerous herbicides. that's terrible you should already know about this that this all falls to. child labor is something we do our best to prevent with them the certified co-operative organisations that are part of our sustainable

development network. for sustainable hoka we offer a 50 percent premium compared to the price of conventional me. so 50 percent goes to the cooperative who you know you have the cash to. physically see the boss are you sure the money is being redistributed. even the cooperative is run by well trained people it's all for me. our system works so please just imagine. we're committed to quality. the promise commits is to make a difference to them in return for the 50 percent premium these cooperatives are supposed to actively improve the daily lives of farmers by building schools for instance this is a promise that cooper webb has also committed to. it is it hard to verify when children are being forced into labor so we have to build

a school this year in one of our sections into a new 6 year. oh you do for cooper where for cooper web. site when. you go out i think well the location has already been chosen but we'd rather keep it confidential and next year if you come here i'll show you where there was already there will be. i hope it will be there and it will be there and. why is it a location secret nothing's been built ok because he's lying that he didn't tell the truth seems to. me i can't promise that things are running better in our industry than elsewhere. also pledged to no longer destroy the rain forest to grow cocoa they promised that by the year 2030 there would be 0 d. forestation in the supply chain. for station is

a key issue for us because without the forest there's no rain and without rain we have no. bean. that sounds wonderful that you do business in one of the most deforested places in west africa yes it's very difficult. work for a station in ivory coast between 116 and 28 there was 90 percent and when we arrived in 2010 that figure was already 80 percent tweet it's things you need to change. how can you be sure that the cocoa superwomen selling it doesn't come from the classified forest. which is basically a lawless zones where unspeakable things are happening. we've implemented our reliable system that enables us to identify the producers we're working with. because the politically are g.p.s.

tags with a barcode on. it. we collect all of this and a database which allows us to link the product to the producer as it were played. this system is mentioned on congo's website codes on cocoa bags a scanner with satellite connection that offers state of the g.p. . yes traceability the problem is this footage is from ghana not ivory coast. because it was not i'm sorry but i spent a week in this area i didn't see a single bag with a barcode cooper where they didn't have a single one but it's that information doesn't match what i have here at all because. we asked the cooper web manager about the possibility of using technology to identify the farmers and track the bags. it was so how can we know whether it actually comes from the classified forests but we need

a g.p.s. position is good but who can help us with that the state is to do that research. do you know how they do it in ghana you can gonna they're facing the same issues each bag has a barcode with a g.p.s. identification that links it to the producers it can work like that could you make it happen simply watch it we've got so full if they can do it in ghana we should be able to do it here as well but you know. i didn't get a confirmation about these barcode that maybe it's the old system but it's definitely certified we're talking about the worst practices here no doubt we're not perfect and i'm not saying that we've found the perfect solution but we are trying. after the interview we receive an angry message from congo they tricked and have to admit we were right there are no bar codes on the bags from the go on

debbie forest but they assure us that 99 percent of farmers are registered and everything should be straightened out within a year. to see problems defies the soundest all these issues deforestation slave labor child labor it all comes down to one thing traceability without traceability law it's almost or it's all in the shadows we don't know how to talk about accountable everyone is hiding as soon as we know who sells the flight tomorrow night. when where and how then all of a sudden we have something that works we can people accountable to this child in particular for this case deflate wherever they are just deforestation and so we can fix the problem traceability is the key to everything. we also want to explore the areas of ivory coast where cocoa is being grown illegally rather than on secret plantations in the classified rain forest. in 2012 ivory coast's government launched its 1st national action plan to crack

down on child labor its 3rd and latest plan has expanded to include issues such as supply chain traceability and illegal plantations in the classified forests and it's allocated a little over 100000000 euros for the daunting task. qualm a as 2 month works for one of the ngos that implement the program at the local level you're dora said. to go to. a role is to help children who are in trouble future problem if it is so difficult children who are being abused who are sent to slave away or cocoa plantations. those are the ones who are here to help also for the 4th. or the for the i work with the ministry of family to raise awareness in these villages does the child exploitation that takes place within cocoa farming.

children in ivory coast often help their parents out in the fields on the weekends that's not illegal qualm a is targeting the families who don't even send their children to school. for. he works for a small n.g.o.s funded by international donors he himself used to work as a buyer for the cocoa cooperatives so he understands why the farmers rely on their children's help. because they help you to pick up the pods the far right. yes they pick up the pods you need to understand these children shouldn't be doing this work to take it up after a few years. of cocoa farming paid well everyone who could afford to send their kids to school but isn't it usually when i explain to them that children need to go to school they tell me they'd love that but they simply can't afford it by the way

which if it were farmers with 4 or 5 children and no money to put them through school and of course they don't know what else to do. the only way to put children through this through on a cocoa farmers salary is to make sacrifices elsewhere. mr song who has been working in the cocoa business for 30 years he's very proud of his son who will soon go to college he helps his dad during the school vacations. you're studying that's right what's something to do for. us but i'm going to start history this year i just graduated from high school and i'll continue my studies at college. say that jewish in fees is very difficult that's why it's wonderful that i can manage the 1st installment of the cocoa earnings will only last for 2 months. there's nothing left of my.

next to get his little brother he doesn't go to school or school anymore he's dad had to make a choice it was either get or his brother. i don't have enough money like last year we made 700 francs a day. 750 cents going on that's not enough. to exhaust it and too poor. well you know. give up values just got your fingers to the bone no we have nothing left to give there's no money my children help me out where they can do what i can why did he go to school. not anymore. if your dad could afford it would you rather go to school or work. with. the chocolate industry turns over more than $100000000000.00 euros

a year meanwhile it's estimated that an average cocoa farmer earns less than one euro a day. would raising the price of cocoa beans put an end to child labor. could the solution really be that simple that's a question we wanted to put to the representatives of the chocolate industry. we travel to devils a small town in switzerland that's known for hosting large international business events every 2 years swiss chocolate manufacturer barry culbut invites the cocoa industries leaders to the conference shock of his young since 2012 they've declared

it big goal to end the abject poverty in cocoa producing countries. very kobo notified us by email that we were not welcome at the event we go along anyway in the hope of meeting some people we can talk to after all they claim to promote transparency. but the hotel security has strict orders no. yeah no fear. to let us work is no. no no. if you. please sir if you follow the phillies. we stay on the sidewalk. minister a question please. since it's a former minister from ghana almost talks to us but it's quickly led away we

starting to become a nuisance so they send us someone to interview as long as we promise to leave afterwards it's cameras the problem no it is i mean camera is the problem but don't think double the fact that in principle we're not allowing any additional journalist on the i'm still here already. there's going to relisten let's agree you're going to see me or questions and i'm going to reply to issues bullshit. the burning question is why is nothing changing back in 2001 the big chocolate makers committed to end child labor that was almost 20 years ago. trade isn't manufacture is set up along the group will cocoa foundation that was supposed to improve conditions but social and environmental simple solutions. are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor but we both agree that the solution of paying more to the growers as it has not been

implemented yet. we are looking at ways to scale up approaches to how farmers can improve their income 18 years of. years to lucan what you going to do in the future and nothing is done nowadays efficiently to stop poverty. i would i wouldn't say that nothing is being done now as i mentioned before we have companies that are committed to paying premiums to farmers to help them increase their income levels the cocoa business altogether every year is a $100000000000.00 worth and growers get 6 percent of it i think it's enough what if what i can say is that this is not a new. wolf or come on it is if you think of cotton i mean how much does a cotton farmer get compared to how much we pay for a pair of jeans or another article of clothing that is made from cotton so it's this is not something that's specific to cocoa ok so we're in 20 years and see

what's going on ok every 3 years or. overly sooner than that police sooner than that. the power doesn't rest soley in the hands of the chocolate makers what about the law makers chocolate is a widely consumed product in europe. so we pay a visit to the european parliament in brussels astoundingly there's no sanction for illegal practices within the cocoa supply chain. heidi how to an m.e.p. from finland has regular meetings with manufacturers. have you're more than a 3rd of the workers there at children's. toys yes it's a tragedy. but we are busy preparing an action plan on what to do with cocoa so that would not anymore cause the forestation and child labor and what is really very remarkable is that more and

more companies are saying that we need this mandatory due diligence obligation we need lol informant times you would have said that companies are masochistic that they are asking for a lot yes but they have what they want what they call a level playing field because they don't want to be irresponsible and then they see that the irresponsible companies are reaping the profits you know for a cheap price so that's the question because to be responsible may cost a little more and you feel. like well well if i may i would just like to show you an example that of course there is this kind of fancy side of the industry but there's not a word about these huge human rights issue. and environmental issues that are hidden in the supply chain chocolate so i was invited to this reception i just couldn't go because this is not honest simple questions went on the more i don't

have a good answer to that everybody who works on the problems of. say that yes you can you can maybe. you can coming to terms with. the forestation and there is a deep deep question of living wage is i think it's a terrible thing that we can taste these fancy chocolates here in brussels but then see worker in it got people are probably did not even taste it because it's too expensive it's a luxury product out of their rates so living wages are. so simple if they had just a little more money then more of their children could go to school back in ivory coast in the village of troy or to cocoa farmers or investing the little money they make in their children's future they've all chipped in to hire a teacher 200 children attend this class who. we.

are they are. right when we see children going to the fields we tell their parents to send them to school instead we take kids between the ages of 6 to 9 how do you get paid. i get paid each month. by the parents by the parents they all chip in yes the state doesn't contribute. because the state can't afford to hire teachers in school remote areas like this. that's right. in 2019 ghana and ivory coast joined forces and decided to set the price of cocoa themselves the way opec countries do for oil. exporting countries have

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