Documentary Film : The Dark Side of Chocolate by Miki Mistrati & U. Roberto Romano

The Dark Side of Chocolate :

Director: Miki Mistrati & U. Roberto Romano | Producer: Helle Faber
Genre: Documentary | Produced In: 2010 | Country: Denmark
Tags: Africa, Crime, Europe, Human Rights, Trafficking

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Synopsis: Children in Germany eat chocolate every day of the year. They enjoy the delicious taste of cocoa, which originated in Africa. But behind the production of their delicious treats, there is another taste altogether: the taste of child abusers and child slavery. In this program we will bring the chocolate makers to book, and confront them with our visual evidence. We will reveal the conditions under which the apparently innocuous chocolate bar is produced, and thereafter follow the coco beans’ route from the plantation to the chocolate bar in Germany, all with the consumer oblivious to the full story behind what their chocolate bar actually contains. In the process, those responsible will be held accountable. "The Dark Side of Chocolate" is a journalistic documentary which will reveal for the first time on film the hideous truth behind the manufacturing of German and international chocolate, as sold and enjoyed in Germany and the rest of the world.
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“Disastrous” Danish absence from human trafficking policy

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Tuesday, 14 December 2010 11:19

Justice opt-out prevents participating in new EU efforts to stop human trafficking

The European Parliament is expected to pass a directive today which will significantly tighten the measures against human trafficking. But since Denmark does not take part in common justice policy, the country could risk becoming a paradise for human traffickers, reports Ekstra Bladet newspaper.

“I’m worried that human traffickers will start taking advantage of the fact that we’re not covered by the tougher new measures,” said Emilie Turunen, an MEP for the Socialist People’s Party (SF).

She called the directive a “disaster” for Denmark and the first evidence that the country’s justice exemption, one of four EU policy opt-outs, carries a cost.

It has been suggested that Denmark could close the loophole by entering into a parallel agreement with the union.

“But as Justice Minister Lars Barfoed pointed out last week, such an agreement has to be decided by the union member states and that could be a long process,” said Turunen.

She hopes this will serve as a wake-up call for parliament to reconsider the country’s opt-out from certain EU legal requirements.

Source: cphpost.dk

“Disastrous” Danish absence from human trafficking policy

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BBC News - EU ministers agree to widen human trafficking net

  3 December 2010 Last updated at 13:24 ET

 

 

Thousands of people are trafficked into EU states each year

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The definition of human trafficking in the EU is set to be widened to include "instigating, aiding, abetting or attempting" to commit the offence. 

Justice ministers also agreed maximum jail sentences of at least five years for trafficking, rising to 10 where there are aggravating circumstances.

The changes are expected to be adopted by the European Council and European Parliament shortly.

They will not apply in the UK and Denmark unless they opt in.

The EU's 25 other states are expected to apply the new directive within two years.
 

Multi-billion profits
Aggravating circumstances include trafficking in particularly vulnerable victims, such as children, and the involvement of a criminal organisation.

In cases where the perpetrator is a legal entity, there will be other possible sanctions such as fines.

According to a UN conservative estimate, the number of people being trafficked in the world at any one time is 2.5 million.

The illegal trade generates tens of billions of dollars in profits for criminals each year, it says.

Source: BBC

BBC News - EU ministers agree to widen human trafficking net

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