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Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK as a child, reveals his real identity

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Mo Farah winning the men's 5,000m gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games. [Reuters]

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK as a child, reveals his real identity

Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the age of nine and was forced to do housework and childcare in exchange for food, he told the BBC.

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