In recent years, Switzerland has become the global center for commodity trading. In no other country are more commodities bought and sold than in Switzerland; nevertheless, the crude oil, copper, aluminum, coal or wheat never reaches Swiss territory because the deals are carried out completely in a virtual world. The film 'The Visible and the Invisible' addresses a relationship of exploitation between the toxic industries and inhumane jobs in the global South - where the majority of commodities are being extracted - and the gigantic profits from commodity trading in the hands of a few persons in the global North.