The Sunday Program on Australia's Channel 9 aired a story "The Darker Side of Chocolate"on Sunday 9 March in the lead up to Easter.

The almost 10 minute piece explores child slavery and trafficking in the cocoa industry in Ivory Coast and Ghana and features interviews with Tim Costello from World Vision Australia and a representative of the Confectionary Manufacturer's.

Read more here and watch the full story online.

Remember, you can choose to buy chocolate made from Fairtrade Certified cocoa today - and send a message to mainstream chocolate companies that you want your chocolate not to be soured by the taste of child labour and slavery.

To find where to buy Fairtrade Certified chocolate, use our searchable database here. Search on chocolate, retail, and the area where you live.

And look out for Easter eggs made from Fairtrade Certified chocolate in supermarkets and stores near you.

The Don't Trade Lives campaign which Tim Costello's trip was built around aims to unite Australians against human trafficking and slavery. Over the next 3 years Don't Trade Lives will move Australians to act on child trafficking in the cocoa industry, in labour situations in our region and in the sex tourism industry.

For details of the campaign launch on 4th April in Melbourne of World Vision's "Don't Trade Lives" campaign click here.