11.   Legally, if a workshop owner employs children, he is liable to pay a fine and repeat offenders could be closed down.

12.   Many illegal firecracker manufacturers employ children as laborers.

13.   Many companies also employ children because they are willing to work for lower wages.

14.   Many launched investigations when told of suppliers employing underage children.

15.   Officials promise crack down on farms and factories that illegally employ children.

16.   Several reported that several hundred thousand children are illegally employed in Italy.

17.   Statistics on child labor are also imprecise, but Cardoso noted that many children are employed in high-risk areas such as coal mines and quarries.

18.   The company says it does not employ children for carpet making.

19.   The company claimed it did not employ children for carpet making.

20.   The United States and others are particularly concerned about buying goods from factories that employ children.