Marshall Munetsi: "The issue of fake agents is a crisis"

Portuguese PLayer Union is fighting back against trafficking

• Portuguese player union is working with the national government and football federation to fight trafficking of footballers.
• Fake agents or scouts routinely trick semi-professional or amateur players into travelling to Europe only to find humiliating conditions
• The player union SJPF is seeking much stricter legislation to punish scammers

FIFA transfer reforms gain additional support

The European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Culture and Education has published a report recalling “the need to regulate the activities of agents” and acknowledging the importance of the “recent reforms in the football transfer market”.