Can Fifa end child trafficking from Africa to Asia? - BBC News
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The Paris-based non-governmental organisation, Foot Solidaire, helps send boys back to Africa after they have been tricked by unscrupulous agents and empty promises into leaving the continent.
It estimates that 15,000 teenage footballers are moved out of just 10 West African countries every year - many of them underage.
Jean-Claude Mbvounim, Foot Solidaire’s founder, says that agents can pocket anywhere between $3,000 (£2,000) and $10,000 for each child they send to a fictitious trial at an imagined club - and says football needs help to combat the issue.
“Fifa has to do more with public authorities, governments and civil society because this issue is a social issue,” says Mbvounim.
“Today we have criminal activists threatening world football and the young players, so it’s important to work together. Fifa will have to be on top of this battle.”
