Factors Leading to the Trafficking and Exploitation of African Minors in Football

By Ini-Obong Nkang   Amendments to FIFA regulations, and push-pull factors in African football, mean that young players from the continent are at risk of being trafficked to Europe under false pretences.   Football trafficking is usually carried out by fraudulent intermediaries, formerly referred to as agents, who lure under 18-year-old foreign football players abroad with promises of high salaries at top football clubs. However, the players can find themselves earning below the minimu