The Dark Secrets of West Africa’s Rubber Industry

A company majority-owned by billionaire Vincent Bolloré's Bolloré Group and Hubert Fabri is the subject of allegations of labor abuses at some of its African rubber plantations, including by female workers who say they were forced to engage in sex for work. An activist seeking to address the alleged abuses contends she has been targeted with litigation to keep her quiet, which the company denied.

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00:00:00 - 00:01:01 Intro
00:01:01 - 00:02:47 Bolloré Socfin Explainer
00:02:47 - 00:05:51 Sexual Assault on plantations
00:05:51 - 00:06:51 Local Advocate
00:06:51 - 00:08:00 How Rubber is collected
00:08:00 - 00:09:17 How plantations work
00:09:17 - 00:11:43 Mary Boimah union leader & plantation riots
00:11:45 - 00:12:30 Civil war impact
00:12:30 - 00:13:59 Paul Larry George
00:13:59 - 00:18:55 - FIAN Belgium and lawsuits.
00:18:55 - 00:19:33 Bolloré Socfin lawsuits & board
00:19:33 - 00:21:36 Upjit Singh Sachdeva new plantation management
00:21:36 - 00:23:28 Company comment

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