children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night and pickers are earning as little as $1 a day, while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. ..and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. ..as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. egyptian jasmine blooms just after sunset. in order to catch the fragrance, the flower needs to be picked before it withers in the sun s heat. heba s family is one of thousands of pickers that have to start work in the middle of the night. the pickers have to strain their eyes to find the flowers and fight through mosquitoes and pesticides, as they gather as much jasmine as possible. basmalla s eyes have started to cause her pain, and today her mother, heba, is taking herto egypt
in the perfume industry. children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night and pickers are earning as little as $1 a day, while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. ..and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. ..as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. egyptian jasmine blooms just after sunset. in order to catch the fragrance, the flower needs to be picked before it withers in the sun s heat. heba s family is one of thousands of pickers that have to start work in the middle of the night. the pickers have to strain their eyes to find the flowers and fight through mosquitoes and pesticides, as they gather as much jasmine as possible. basmalla s eyes have started to cause her pain, and today her mother, he
jasmine. bbc eye investigations takes you to the heart of the jasmine trade in egypt to reveal dark secrets in the perfume industry. children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night, and pickers are earning as little as a dollar a day. while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. there is this hidden layer. they are the ones controlling everything that goes into the fragrance. and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. they are not actually doing things that they promised to do. as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. mohamed grew up in the village of shubra beloula in al gharbia, the centre of the jasmine trade in egypt. around 720 acres of land across the region are planted with these precious flowers
children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night and pickers are earning as little as a dollar a day. while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. there is this hidden layer. they are the ones controlling everything that goes into the fragrance. and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. they are not actually doing things that they promised to do. as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. mohamed grew up in the village of shubra beloula in al gharbia, the centre of the jasmine trade in egypt. around 720 acres of land across the region are planted with these precious flowers. mohamed used to work in the jasmine industry, but now he organises tours to educate people about it. mirna el helbawi, a human right