1. 75% of the world's cocoa is produced in Africa
2. 45% of the world's cocoa is produced in West Africa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, etc.)
3. The Ivory Coast is also known as "Cote d'Ivoire"
4. About 200,000 children are introduced to slave labor in West Africa each year
5. There are roughly 600,000 cocoa plantations on the Ivory Coast
6. The United States imported the most cocoa beans in the year 2000
7. Female child slaves are later sold to traffickers who use women as slaves once they reach a certain age
8. More than 15,000 child slaves working on cocoa bean plantations in West Africa
9. Children working as slaves are locked up at night by traffickers to keep them from escaping
10. Parents sell their children into slavery to gain a profit
