Decathlon profits from
Uyghur forced labour in China

9 minutes •Disclose, 2025
Role: producer, video editor, designer
Investigators: Pierre Leibovici, Gabriel Garcia | Exec producer: M. Destal
Additional video editing: Simon Lehmann

A 12-year-old girl, workers from the Uyghur minority forced to make clothes, etc. One of Decathlon’s main suppliers relies on a network of forced labour in China, as revealed by Disclose in partnership with Cash Investigation. The French brand’s clothing also contains cotton from the Xinjiang region which is under international sanctions.