Corruption, as rampant as it might be, is just one of the institutional failings of soccer’s global governing body. FIFA’s marked lack of accountability has also led to labor abuses on a grand scale.

The news outlet Publica exposed the exploitation of workers building the tournament infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The employees constructing the stadiums — already controversial due to the displacement of low-income Brazilians and the destruction of the Amazon — told reporters of horrific working conditions and inhumane working hours. Workers went on strike at least 10 times to protest for their rights on the job.

Human Rights Watch released a report for the 2018 World Cup in Russia detailing their own documentation of labor abuses. The organization, using evidence from a trade union tasked with monitoring labor conditions, found that at least 17 workers had died while building stadiums for the tournament. In their report, Human Rights Watch also documented wage theft, exploitation of migrant workers, and unsafe working conditions — such as forcing workers to continue on the job outdoors in frigid Russian weather. The Norwegian sports magazine Josimar noted the exploitation of North Korean migrant workers, citing “slave-like” conditions that left one worker dead.

All of these abuses took place as FIFA promised — for the first time — to take an active hand in overseeing the conditions for the workers building the stadiums for their games. FIFA, in response to Human Rights Watch, announced that their monitoring system helped improve working conditions on the site. The report emphatically shows otherwise.

The abuses continue to grow for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Nepalese and Indian migrant workers face particularly grueling working conditions, with some reports claiming that hundreds of migrant workers die each year on the job. Multinational corporations contracted to do the construction work exploit the Qatari migrant worker employment system for their gain, and fail to provide wages and exit visas for the workers they hire.

Just as in Russia, these violations are happening under the eye of FIFA’s monitoring system. The tournament has already been moved into the winter season due to Qatar’s hot climate; why, then, are these laborers forced to work in the arid summers?