GUATEMALA CITY - On July 8, 2009, IJM Guatemala successfully coordinated a long-awaited arrest, taking another step toward justice in the case of a young client.

MUMBAI - On the night she was supposed to be raped for the first time, young sex trafficking victim Lona* was plucked from the brink of initiation into a life of forced prostitution by police officials working with International Justice Mission in Mumbai.

NAIROBI, KENYA – IJM Kenya client Bernard* was released from a Nairobi prison on July 20, 2009. He is now home with family for the first time in almost a year, after being imprisoned on false charges.

NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA — Five girls have been rescued from men attempting to traffic them into prostitution, thanks to a partnership between the Navi Mumbai police and International Justice Mission Mumbai.

NAIROBI, KENYA – On the evening of June 23, 2006 Patrick* – then 15 years old – was on his way home when commotion broke out in the street ahead. Mob violence is commonplace in his community in a slum area of Nairobi, so Patrick decided to take refuge in a friend’s home nearby and wait for the incident to end.

CHENNAI, INDIA - Shankar’s day began in the dark hours before dawn, around two or three o’clock in the morning. Every day, he carried raw, unbaked bricks on his head to the kiln where they would be baked. He and his wife balanced the packed clay and straw molds – heavier than the final product – on their heads.