QATAR World Cup migrant workers have allegedly been infiltrated by informants to spy on whistleblowers trying to expose exploitation.
Activists investigating the conditions at migrant worker camps claim they are being quizzed themselves by builders on stadium construction sites in Qatar.
They claim the way they were quizzed suggested their interrogators were professionally trained, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Equidem, a global human rights organisation that works exclusively in Qatar, was told by sources that undercover security guards had been allegedly hired to weed out whistleblowers.
"We are in constant contact with workers in Qatar," said Mustafa Qadri, Equidem's chief executive.
"And so, while there is an element of speculation, we know that people from Kenya, from India, from Nepal, who look and talk like any normal workers, are basically asking questions of people that are known to be activists."
According to Equidem, workers have been able to sniff out the heartless informants in residential camps set up to build Qatar's World Cup infrastructure ahead of November's tournament.
They claim the spies have all arrived recently.
It's thought they've been hidden there to spy on human rights bodies and workers looking to speak to them.
They're also allegedly on the look out for any potential strike actions and terrorist activity.
"Our sense is it's being arranged by the government, not individual companies," Qadri said.
"But the companies may have their own people...
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