Nestlé Controversies Child Labour
 Most children are between twelve and fifteen years old. Some are trafficked from nearby countries. The first allegations that child slavery is used in cocoa production appeared in 1998. In late 2000, a BBC documentary reported the use of enslaved children in the production of cocoa in West Africa. Other media also reported widespread child slavery and child trafficking in the production of cocoa. The Harkin-Engel Protocol is an international agreement aimed at ending child labour in the production of cocoa.