Nestle, Mars and Hersey accused of 'using child labour to get cheap cocoa' in new court papers - NewsBreak

Seven of the world's largest cocoa companies have been accused of using child labour so they can "continue to benefit from cheap cocoa" in new legal papers.The lawsuit has been brought by eight Malian citizens who claim they were trafficked as children to the Cote D'Ivoire to work on cocoa plantations. Nestle, Cargill, Hersheys, Olam, Mars, Mondelez and Barry Callebaut are named as defendants in the case, brought in Washington DC, and a newly filed opposition brief alleges that they formed a "venture to allow them to continue benefitting from cheap cocoa harvested by forced child labour".The cocoa industry has...