IJM News

MUMBAI, INDIA – Sani* knows what it is like to be trapped, literally trapped, in darkness. Sani was trafficked and sold to a brothel in Mumbai's massive red-light district, where she was sold to men and raped, night after night. She was hidden behind locked doors and in secret compartments where she wouldn't be found unless she was "needed."

But earlier this year, IJM helped rescue Sani from the nightmare. And just three months later, Sani helped rescue other girls who had been trapped just like her.

CHENNAI, INDIA – In a stunning rescue operation that began yesterday and stretched into this morning, IJM helped local authorities rescue 273 people from lives of slavery in two brick factories.

The operation – IJM’s second-largest ever – began Monday with an urgent phone call from a government official who had just learned about a brick factory where several families were allegedly held as slaves.