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Alija Alex Čizmić

Alija Alex Čizmić

Alija Alex Čizmić is an Italian-born Bosnian freelance journalist working to amplify underserved voices. He is currently based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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They Dreamed of Making It Big in Soccer. They Were Trafficked Instead

They Dreamed of Making It Big in Soccer. They Were Trafficked Instead

In West Africa, professional soccer holds out the hope of escape from poverty, unemployment and political instability. And each year, thousands of aspiring players are trafficked, paying money to fraudulent agents to attend tryouts that never existed.

Alija Alex Čizmić,
Marco Simoncelli