[33] While the term "slavery" has a variety of historical contexts, slavery in the cocoa industry involves the same core human rights violations as other forms of slavery throughout the world. Credit: International Labor Rights Forum. Cases often involve acts of physical violence, such as being whipped for working slowly or trying to escape.
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