MUMBAI, INDIA – This December, International Justice Mission has assisted in securing a total of seven convictions in two trafficking separate cases under India’s Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Both cases began in 2006 and, after difficult legal battles, the perpetrators have been dealt fines as well as time in prison for their crimes.

CHENNAI, INDIA - "What are you doing here?" The accountant’s hand gripped Kushan’s* shirt firmly.

Shocked, Kushan did not respond. After working as a slave at Mukunthan Rice Mill for almost three years, Kushan knew better than to try and defend himself. Two days ago, the rice mill accountant gave him permission to visit his ailing mother. Today, the accountant and men from the mill showed up in the village questioning Kushan’s absence and demanding his return.

GUATEMALA CITY – One of IJM Guatemala’s longest-running cases came to a close in a whirlwind day in court on October 28, 2009, when Veronica’s* perpetrator was sentenced to sixteen years in jail for his long-term sexual abuse of the girl.