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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:19 am

... Europeans, anyway.

is getting $3.5 million from a dead American cocoa buyer who happened to die in (guess where) - Cote d'Ivoire. Payday seemed close, until Cammy asked:

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I want to know where Mrs 4nders0n did business, and who with, and who her suppliers were. This is a serious issue and I want it addressed right away.

This prompted:

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Mrs. L0nn1 K4y4 4nders0n is a cocoa merchant, who based here in Cote D’Ivoire, she is into exportation of cocoa seed to united states of American and some part of Europe states. She is also an independent business woman during her days. Also she quiet business a year ago when her ill health became worst.
The above explanation is all I know of her, as you know I am her accountant officer who is in charge of her monetary aspect with our bank and I have worked with her for Ten (10)Years.
I believe this answers your questions

Like hell...

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There's a problem. I don't think that I can accept Mrs Anderson's money now. It's tainted. Have a look at this article and you'll understand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_exploitation_in_the_chocolate_industry Giving this money to charity would be as bad as handing over money made from drugs. I can't take poor Mrs 4nders0n's money if it turns out to have come from the sweat and blood of child slave workers.

The Lad answered at length (emphasis added):

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I got your mail which I would like you to understand that your point of view is out of question in regards of late Mrs 4nders0n business. Mrs 4nders0n is only business woman whom through united nation has allocation from the government cote d’ivoire for exportation of cocoa seed to Europe and America as an individual business.
In other to help you out my dear, the news which you read has nothing to do with Mrs Anderson business and the money for humanitarian assistance which was singed in your name did not have a connection with sweat and blood of child slave workers as you said.
Meanwhile the article which you read is a political statement because it is not a sure matter (May) as you can understand:
((ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION, 30% OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 15 IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ENGAGE IN CHILD LABOR, MOSTLY IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COCOA FARMING.[3] OF THE 200,000 CHILDREN WORKING IN THE IVORY COAST COCOA INDUSTRY, THE ILO CLAIMS - A MAXIMUM OF 6% (12,000 CHILDREN) MAY BE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR SLAVERY.))
Reason I said it is a political statement is because some European country are not happy with the volume of good things that comes out from Africa and eventually any comes up they must find away to see that African will not benefit from it. As this country has rated world leading cocoa producing country, international organisation must find away to extract money from them by not making the price reasonable to the country.
Anyway, I want you to understand that the legacy willed to you by late Mrs L0nn1 K4y4 4nders0n is from her had work and it has nothing to do with the above matter and she is not working with the local farms rather she has allocation of exportation from the government.

Cammy's reply was shorter...

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That conspiracist waffle about Europeans trying to hold back Africa doesn't impress me... And if Mrs 4nders0n bought her cocoa from Cote d'Ivoire then it could have been harvested by one of those child slaves - and I don't care if it's 12,000 or 1200, slavery is slavery, and while there's a chance that any of this money is blood money, I ain't touching it! Now you find out the source of her cocoa, and prove to me that it was properly harvested, I don't care how long it takes.

... But won't please the Lad at all!