Campaign Steps Up Against Traffickers Who Lure Children To Non-Existent Football Trials

Interpol want people to follow Didier Drogba in communicating with young African players

●An estimated 1,000 African children a year are tricked into fake football trials ●Traffickers bring them to Europe and then take their money and abandon them ●Many of the children are sold into slavery and vanish off the radar completely ● Traffickers worm their way into junior football clubs in Africa or use social media ●An expert panel convened at the European Parliament to discuss the problem ●Baroness Young of Hornsey admitted young people are being 'let down'

An estimated 1,000 African children a year are tricked into coming to Europe for non- existent football trials by traffickers who take their money and abandon them.

Baroness Young of Hornsey hit out against traffickers who lure children to fake football trials

South African Newspaper Apologizes For ‘Tainted’ Scoops

The Sunday Times is one of South Africa's leading newspapers

One of South Africa's leading newspapers admitted Sunday it had run "tainted" scoops during the presidency of Jacob Zuma which turned out to be largely false, but insisted it had been the victim of political manipulation.