India
Labor Trafficking
12 Children Rescued from Roadside Restaurants
A 7-year-old boy was among 12 children rescued by local authorities and NGO staff over the weekend, after spending months in bonded labor at a...
January 15
Labor Trafficking
First Operation of 2021 Frees 41, Including 13 Children
In IJM’s first global rescue operation of the year, our team in India supported local authorities to free 41 people from bondage at a railway...
January 12
Labor Trafficking
Boy Rescued and Returned Home After Three Years in Bonded Labor
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and our casework partners to rescue a small 13-year-old boy who had been trapped in bonded labor...
November 11
Sex Trafficking
Kashi's Story
My name is Kashi*, and I was born in Mumbai, India. When I was 5 years old, I was taken from my family and sold to a man named Naresh* who lived in...
November 05
Slavery
Kids and Parents Rescued After Five Years in Bonded Labor
On Thursday, October 22, IJM worked with local authorities to rescue five families from bonded labor at a wood-cutting site, where many had been...
October 23
Sex Trafficking
IJM and Partner Rescue Two Teen Girls from a Small-Town Brothel
On October 3, IJM assisted local authorities and a partner NGO in rescuing two minor girls from sex trafficking and arresting two suspects involved...
October 21
Slavery
COVID Crisis Drives Up Child Labor and Forced Labor in Textiles Industry
Recent rescue operations in the booming textiles industry of Tamil Nadu state have brought to light the way business owners are taking advantage of...
August 25
Slavery
10-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm.
August 17
Slavery
Media Report Leads to Rescue of 150 from a Garment Factory
Ever since India’s COVID-19 lockdown began, the world has been rattled by the stories of millions of migrant laborers stranded far from their homes...
June 04