Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 46
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In the United States of America, reports have emerged of children being recruited in developing countries and sold to play in basketball teams. They provide accounts of the system behind such recruitment, involving coaches, recruitment agencies and high-level financial transactions, with some children being kept in poor living conditions, ending up in very difficult situations if they do not succeed in securing placement in a team and having to pay huge fees to their coaches.
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Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material