ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday sentenced 15 former top cocoa sector officials to 20 years in prison and heavy fines for corruption under ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, in a bid to clean up the industry in the world's top cocoa grower.
The defendants, popularly known in Ivory Coast as the 'cocoa barons', included the former head of the state's Fund for the Development and Promotion of Coffee and Cocoa Planters (FDPCC), Henry Kassi Amouzou.
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