Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often take the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, either individually or in teams. With the...
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No community, whether affluent or impoverished, is immune to the crime of human trafficking. Victims of trafficking can be of any age, gender and from anywhere in the world. There is no single profile for trafficking victims; it occurs to adults...
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Whenever there is conversation around human trafficking, the mind tends to conjure interesting pictures. And it is okay if the picture your mind conjures is of people in chains. That’s pretty much the implication of it, literal and otherwise...
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Media Run Against Trafficking in Sport in The Gambia: Mission89 and SJAG partnership shakes nation Mission 89 in collaboration with the Sport Journalists Association of the Gambia (SJAG) on Saturday 16th January, organised an 8-kilometre Media...
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The sports industry is a multi-conglomerate essentiality to the global economy. Estimates running up to $1.3 trillion illustrate the various networks created by multitudinous sports corporations. At the heart of this commercial enterprise sit...
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Matthew Edafe is a survivor of trafficking. His compelling story is detailed on Mission 89’s website where he details an experience that no aspiring athlete should endure. When a man claiming to be a player agent turned up in his town...
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“Child trafficking is the darkest and most sinister side of the beautiful game but a small step has been taken to eradicate a cancer that is gnawing at the very fabric of human decency,” says leading football website The World Game...
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Stakeholders agreed Europe must take a stand on child trafficking in sport during a high-level panel session at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday. MEP Bogdan Wenta said the European Parliament’s Sport Intergroup would table a...
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