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New Report Says Child Labor Taints Ghana’s Gold

by Free the Slaves | Jun 10, 2015 | Advocacy, Ghana, Slavery-Free Commerce

Ghana is one of the world’s top 10 gold producers, providing international refiners with gold that is eventually sold to banks, jewelers, electronics manufacturers and others. But a new investigation by Human Rights Watch (HRW) unearths how gold extracted by child...

New FTS Research Explores Child Slavery in Ghana Gold Mining

by Free the Slaves | Sep 4, 2013 | FTS Updates, Ghana

Boys as young as 12 are working with dangerous chemicals to extract gold dust from ore. Girls as young as 10 are prostituted in mining camps and are pushed into relationships with older men. These deeply moving stories of children losing their childhoods and freedom...

New FTS Investigative Report Uncovers Widespread Slavery at Congo Mines

by Terry FitzPatrick | Jun 28, 2013 | Congo

Mining is a key source of export income for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC or Congo). Minerals such as tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold are shipped to industrialized nations for use in electronics, jewelry, manufacturing and many other industries. Congo’s...

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