The Sweet Taste of Modern Slavery

How the rising demand for cheap chocolate fuels both deforestation and child trafficking

G.D.C.
Climate Conscious
Published in
6 min readFeb 28, 2021

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“Of course they’re real people. They’re Oompa-Loompas…Imported direct from Loompaland…And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world — hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked

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G.D.C.
Climate Conscious

Child sexual abuse survivor| Freelance Illustrator| I write about sexism and gender-based violence, climate justice, and racism in Italy.