Côte d’Ivoire

In Côte d’Ivoire, high rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation.
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In Côte d’Ivoire, high rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation.

ByEyes on Trafficking News

High rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation. ECPAT’s research outlines the need for stronger child protection laws and more resources to support victims of child sexual exploitation. In cooperation with Sexuelles, ECPAT International is pleased to announce the launch of the Côte d’Ivoire Country…

Celebrating Freedom – 19 Human Trafficking Survivors Returned to Their Families in Nigeria.
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Celebrating Freedom – 19 Human Trafficking Survivors Returned to Their Families in Nigeria.

ByEyes on Trafficking News

As New Year’s celebrations began to fade around the world, Free the Slaves and our partners in Senegal and Nigeria worked hard to help 19 women and children freed from severe sex trafficking in Senegal return to their families in Nigeria. Staff from Free the Slaves and La Lumiere (LL) coordinated with authorities in Senegal…

Chocolate can’t be sustainable until companies pay a living income price for cocoa
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Chocolate can’t be sustainable until companies pay a living income price for cocoa

ByEyes on Trafficking News

As the European Union develops new rules to hold companies accountable for social and environmental harms, such as deforestation and child and forced labor, the spotlight is on the chocolate industry.  Cocoa production is notorious for causing adverse impacts on farming communities and the land. Companies and governments claim to be working to make cocoa more…

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire boycott chocolate industry meetings
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Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire boycott chocolate industry meetings

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The world’s top cocoa-producing countries are boycotting a chocolate industry conference in response to companies’ resistance to pay enough for cocoa farmers to earn a living income. “It is about time” This week, companies representing around 80% of the global cocoa market are meeting in Brussels for the World Cocoa Foundation partnership meetings on cocoa…

More African journalists to have advance training on human trafficking – Expertise France
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More African journalists to have advance training on human trafficking – Expertise France

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Plans are well ahead to get more African journalists to partake in an advance training on human trafficking and its related issues in Africa and the world at large. The training which would be funded by the European Union and organized by Expertise France seeks to broaden the knowledge of African journalists in the combat…

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana increase premium for cocoa to tackle farmer poverty
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Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana increase premium for cocoa to tackle farmer poverty

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the global leaders in cocoa production, have raised the premium that chocolate manufacturers and trading companies pay for their cocoa. The increase is part of wider efforts to reduce farmer poverty, which in turn helps to address child labor and trafficking.   Moving out of negative numbers  Ghana has increased its…

300 Arrests in Global Crackdown on Human Trafficking Groups – HS Today
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300 Arrests in Global Crackdown on Human Trafficking Groups – HS Today

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In an INTERPOL-led crackdown on the criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling, authorities across 44 countries have rescued nearly 700 victims of human trafficking. Operation Weka II was carried out from June 12-17, where officers progressed cases and carried out intensified checks at border points. Results so far have yielded a total of…