India

Slavery
Two Young Families Rescued from Modern Slavery at Rice Mill
Two young families are now free from modern slavery at an Indian rice mill, thanks to a rescue operation led by government officials and IJM staff...
January 28

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

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

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

Slavery
Six Rescued Children Now Dream of Home
An urgent rescue operation on Thursday brought 11 people to freedom in southern India, including six children and one baby who had grown up in...
November 19

Labor Trafficking
Rescue Reunites Boys with Mother After Six Years in Slavery
A dramatic rescue operation this week brought two young boys to freedom in southern India, ending years of their mother’s desperate searching.
November 15

Slavery
Thaiyamma took her one shot at freedom.
When Thaiyamma and Devendran found out their five-month-old daughter Lavanya was ill, they took a $15 loan of from the owner of a wood-cutting...
November 09

Sex Trafficking
Six Freed from Mumbai Brothel amid a Busy Festival Season
On Saturday, IJM staff supported senior anti-human trafficking police on a rescue operation to free six girls and young women from exploitation in a...
October 23