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Slavery
Scared and Scarred: 11 Rescued from Fried Snack Factory
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and NGO partners in rescuing two men and nine teen boys from bonded labor slavery at an urban factory...
January 16

Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Philippine Police Rescue Children in Year's First Operation
Inside a dilapidated wooden home in Iligan City, Philippines, three children were rescued from cybersex trafficking as authorities arrested a mother...
January 15

Human Trafficking
12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on Anti-Trafficking Bill
Meera looked tiny behind the large wooden podium—bundled in her pink sweater and scarf, unrehearsed, and using a microphone for one of the first...
January 15

Slavery
Urgent Rescue: 52 Locked in Shed, Abused - Now Free
IJM supported local authorities in an urgent rescue operation this week in southern India, freeing 52 enslaved women, men and children from...
December 22

Sexual Violence
Guatemalan Courts Take Strong Stand against Sexual Violence
In the last two months, IJM Guatemala has seen Guatemalan courts bring an end to two cases of sexual violence against children with outstanding...
December 18

Police Abuse of Power
Senior Police Officer Convicted of Murder in Kenya
A senior police officer was convicted today after he was found guilty of murder in a high-profile case of police abuse in Kenya.
December 13

Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Five Children Under 11 Rescued as Mother is Arrested
ILIGAN CITY, PHILIPPINES — This week, diligent investigations and more than a month of surveillance led police to rescue five children—all under the...
December 07

Slavery
Six Children Free in Two Simultaneous Rescues in Ghana
This week, police and IJM rescued five children and arrested two suspected traffickers in an operation in Ghana. The youngest child, a 6-year-old...
December 06

Sex Trafficking
Criminal Network Selling Hundreds of Girls Begins to Topple
Mumbai police and the IJM team have secured a much-awaited breakthrough in the fight against sex trafficking this fall.
December 06