Every year, hundreds of thousands of children are smuggled across borders and sold as commodities, including promising young athletes trafficked by sham agents promising fame, riches, and an escape route from a cycle of poverty. With only broad...
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In conversation with EFAA Secretary General, Roberto Branco Martins The European Football Agents Association (‘EFAA’) is a non-profit organisation which represents the collective interests of players’ agents in European professional football. In...
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This article is a collaboration between Mission 89 and the European Football Agents Association (EFAA) as part of a football summer transfer window campaign. French translation is available beneath the text in English. So you made it. You’ve...
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MISSION 89 IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE EDAFE MATTHEW ESEOGHENE AS OUR AMBASSADOR. Matthew, who has served as an advisor to Mission 89 since 2018, now joins Ode Fulutudilu as the second sports figure to represent the organization as an Ambassador. Once a...
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Mission 89 is proud to share that, for the first time ever, the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report has included information about sports trafficking, greatly increasing public exposure of the problem and laying the groundwork for...
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This article is a collaboration between Mission 89 and the European Football Agents Association (EFAA) as part of a football summer transfer window campaign. In 2009, Michael Afolabi Sodeke became a player’s agent and since then he has been...
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On June 9th, Mission ‘89 and Istanbul Bilgi University, jointly hosted a virtual round table that discussed “the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions imposed on the lives of migrant footballers in Istanbul”. The round table...
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This article is a collaboration between Mission 89 and the European Football Agents Association (EFAA) as part of a football summer transfer window campaign. Ellen Chiwenga has been working in the world of football for more than 15 years...
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As professional sports become more spectacularized and commercialized, the avenues for exploitation also increases leading to various forms of abuse, including human trafficking and forced child labour. Mission 89 recently interviewed Mr...
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