Football Trafficking

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the illicit practice of football trafficking, focusing on the exploitation of underage African players being transferred to Europe. It delves into the broader context of human trafficking, examining relevant international laws and their application to football.

Ini-Obong Nkang is a Sports Law Advisor at Mills & Reeve LLP and was previously a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for Sports Business and Sports Law at a University in the UK.

Acknowledgements. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. The trafficking of persons 2. The migration of the African labour force 3. Football's regulatory space and the role of FIFA 4. Identifying and evaluating the performance of FIFA's anti-trafficking regulations 5. Evaluating the social, systemic, and structural factors affecting FIFA's anti-trafficking regulations 6. Evaluating FIFA's regulatory performance and anti-trafficking policy effectiveness 7. Addressing FIFA's regulatory failures and creating effective anti-trafficking policies 8. Considering an alternate regulatory model for anti-trafficking policies. Conclusion. Index