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The vanilla trade is big business in Madagascar, so authorities have taken a tough stance on its theft. Crime involving vanilla can lead to imprisonment, often in appalling conditions. As the Â鶹Éç's Pumza Fihlani finds out. (Photo: Armed guards look after a pile of vanilla in a Vanilla farmer barn in the municipality of Bemalamatra, Madagascar. Credit: Rija Solo/AFP/Getty Images)