Labor Trafficking
Human Trafficking
Anti-Slavery Organization International Justice Mission Announces Grant from Walmart Foundation to Address Human Trafficking in Thai Fishing Industry
Today International Justice Mission (IJM), the world’s largest international anti-slavery organization, announced support from the Walmart Foundation...
September 21
Labor Trafficking
A Baby Girl for Roopa
Roopa grew up enslaved in a south Indian brick kiln, enduring back-breaking labor and the heartbreaking loss of a child. The birth of her second...
July 24
Slavery
Sensitive Officials and IJM's Partner NGO Rescue 40 from Bondage at a Brick Kiln
Last month, IJM’s trained partner organization Jai Bhim Vikas Shikshan Sansthan (JBVSS) worked with government officials in the state of Rajasthan to...
May 23
Slavery
31 Free After Largest IJM Ghana Rescue to Date
Anita Budu, Director of Aftercare for IJM Ghana, anxiously watched from the deck of a boat as the horizon began to pale with the light of sunrise....
April 27
Labor Trafficking
Roopa's Story
BANGALORE, INDIA – “I was very happy for the first six years of my life,” Roopa recalls with a smile. Her childhood was full of playing with her...
March 15
Slavery
Brick Kiln Owner Guilty for Trapping 12 People in Bonded Labor Slavery
On Friday, justice was served for 12 former bonded labor slaves, as the wealthy brick kiln owner who had once trapped and abused them was found...
March 14
Labor Trafficking
11 Boys and Young Men Freed from a Shoe Factory
Proactive government officials, police and IJM staff rescued 11 laborers from an urban shoe factory last Wednesday, including three teenage boys and...
February 15
Slavery
24 Children Forced to Work on Lake Volta Are Now Free
On January 24, the IJM Ghana team and local authorities rescued 24 boys who had been forced to work in the fishing industry on Lake Volta.
February 14
Slavery
Judgment and Rescue Help End Bondage in Bangalore
In just the first few weeks of the new year, local authorities and IJM’s team in Bangalore dealt several swift blows to the system of bonded labor...
January 25