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Child workers are the chocolate industry's 'dirty secret'

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Four Corners has investigated Ghana's cocoa sector and found child labor persisting despite years of pledges from major chocolate companies to stamp it out. According to ABC News, the promises made by these companies don't always match the reality on the ground. Ghana is one of the world's top cocoa producers, supplying the raw material behind a global chocolate industry worth tens of billions of dollars.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/chocolate-industry...

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