1204: Chris Dalby | The Criminal Infrastructure Beneath Modern Sports

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Today's episode is about a side of football, yeah, soccer, that I had no idea existed. Human trafficking, match fixing, billion dollar gambling scams. This is not the beautiful game you thought you knew. Imagine being lured from Sierra Leone or Central Asia with the promise of a pro contract in Europe, only to have your passport confiscated and end up locked in what is basically a prison camp.

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