The men’s national soccer teams of Argentina and France will face off in the eagerly awaited World Cup final on Sunday, capping a monthlong tournament viewed by billions around the world.

But when the superstars Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe battle to lead their respective teams to glory in Qatar, they will do so in a city that North Korean laborers may have helped build.

Allegations that Qatar used overseas DPRK workers stem from a 2014 investigation by The Guardian that found as many as 3,000 DPRK laborers may have been working in the country under a system tantamount to