The unions of cocoa producers in the West, namely FESOMACI, SYSCOOP AGO and SYBEA-CI, held a meeting on Saturday, December 21, 2024. The purpose of this meeting was to denounce the fraudulent trafficking of cocoa to Guinea and Liberia

Le A worrying phenomenon that threatens the Ivorian economy has been growing since the start of the cocoa campaign . dates from 2024-2025 and is causing huge losses, jeopardizing the region's development efforts. Losses due to this traffic would amount to over 4,000 tons per week. A situation is particularly worrisome, because although this type of traffic has existed for decades, it has never reached such a scale. According to information, this fraud directly threatens the cocoa economy yère in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest producer, and highlights the ineffectiveness of controls. “ Cocoa from the West should not enrich Guinea and Liberia at the expense of our region, which suffers from a severe lack of infrastructure and development projects” ; denounced the unions