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Sex Trafficking
IJM Supports Authorities on an Inter-State Sex Trafficking Rescue Operation
On February 22, IJM supported police from two states as they worked together to rescue two minor girls from a cross-country sex trafficking ring.
March 03

Labor Trafficking
Ruling Overturned in Thailand to Restrain Man Who Abused Crew Member
A Burmese crew supervisor on a fishing vessel was sentenced to serve two years imprisonment after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction and...
February 18

Labor Trafficking
Change is Happening: Officials Free 204 in a Single Day
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 204 children, women and men from two massive brick kilns near Bangalore.
February 18

Slavery
Freedom for Boy Forced to Fish While Sick
In late January, IJM and partners worked diligently to rescue three young boys ages 9, 10, and 12. The children spent around seven months to two...
February 09

Labor Trafficking
Five Children in Ghana Will Spend Christmas in Freedom
In late November, IJM and partners rescued four boys and one girl between the ages of 8 and 15 who had been trafficked into the dangerous fishing...
December 18

Slavery
Eight Families in Bondage for Six Years Now Free
Earlier this month, IJM supported local authorities near Bangalore on an urgent rescue operation to free 29 people who were forced to chop wood for...
November 27

Labor Trafficking
First Trafficking Convictions for IJM Ghana
Three boys enslaved on Ghana’s Lake Volta are free thanks to the efforts of IJM and Ghanaian partners. These children, ages 8, 13 and 15 had been...
October 29
Ugandan Teacher to Stand Trial for Sexual Abuse of Students
In April, IJM supported police to arrest a man who had been using his position as the headmaster of a school to sexually abuse the young boys in his...
October 16

Sex Trafficking
Suspected Trafficker Arrested for Selling Five Victims in Her Home
Last month, IJM supported Mumbai authorities in rescuing five girls and young women from a small, cluttered apartment where they were being...
October 15