Summary: Anto is joined once again by independent award-winning documentary photographer Jason Andrew to take another look at the tragic situation in Istanbul, Turkey after his second and more explosive trip into the country to document a far more desperate and dangerous world where human trafficking has left deeper scars and permanent damage. We dig deeper into how these players arrived in Europe, the scope of the schemes themselves, the motivations which turn this practice from a football tragedy into an expose on how immigration worldwide is being pushed to its extreme. But on the ground the events and the situation leaves almost no room for interpretation - the players are more desperate than ever, people are now taking risks and dying and forces within Turkey both culturally and socially are ratcheting up the challenges on day to day survival. Also in view here is how social media is used as a primary tool for recruitment and survival, along with how the players themselves use this technology for a variety of reasons including an underground economy and as a means to conceal and arrange legal documents to guarantee their survival and further fuel the dream to play the game professionally. We also explore the emergence of sex trafficking for women based on some age old perceptions about race, the implications of racism in their daily lives and how the fabric of this embattled community appears to be fraying at its edges and may just ensure explosive consequences the longer it is not addressed with real resources. We also look at some of the new means that these players use with respect to claiming refugee status and seeking opportunities in the former Eastern-bloc where racism is even more extreme, stories reflecting on the desperate situation facing these young people and how the damage has become permanent now as many of the players who first arrived are no longer physically recognizable. The story of these Lost Boys is one of how a football dream has turned into an absolute nightmare and how authorities worldwide and football governance continues to overlook what is the biggest tragedy touching football today - the practice of people being trafficked for profit, left abandoned due to process and procedure and how they are largely forgotten victims of an increasingly violent and more difficult underworld where deception, exploitation and racial abuse is every day living. Jason give us an insight into this world, having spent the time to get to know the personal stories and exposing the emerging truth about how this practice happens and endures. This includes some personal revelations from Jason himself, what he has learned over time, how football is the last great hope and why he will continue to track this story through his work. Take a moment to get informed, and you might just get involved. The trafficking of people for profit is nothing less than modern day slavery and it needs to stop - another must listen from Jason Andrew.
