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Human Trafficking
IJM Opens First Anti-Trafficking Program in Central and Eastern Europe
International Justice Mission (IJM) is launching its first anti-trafficking program in Central and Eastern Europe with a team based in Romania,...
October 14
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Five Children Rescued from Trafficking in Multiple Operations
EASTERN VISAYAS, PHILIPPINES — In a series of police operations on October 9 and 10, Philippine authorities arrested five trafficking suspects who...
October 11
Slavery
Enslaved to Harvest Silk Thread - Now Free
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing six adult laborers and a 4-year-old boy from years of bonded labor slavery, where they faced...
October 09
Labor Trafficking
44 Children and 32 Adults Freed from Jewelry Factory Slavery
This month, local officials freed 76 victims of human trafficking—including boys as young as 10—from a group of jewelry factories profiting off...
September 20
Slavery
Children Rescued from Slavery in Ghana Graduate from Therapy
GHANA — Eight children rescued out of slavery in Ghana recently graduated from a course of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions. The...
September 18
Slavery
New “One Stop Crisis Team” Rescues 18 from a Life of Slavery
18 people—including 6 children—are now free from a life of modern slavery thanks to a brand-new One Stop Crisis Team recently launched in their home...
September 11
Slavery
Judge Overturns Acquittal to Find Slave Owner Guilty
CHENNAI, INDIA – The Madras High Court took a strong stance for survivors of bonded labor slavery this month by overturning a lower-court ruling to...
August 30
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
U.S. Sex Offender Gets 84 Years for Abusing Filipino Girls
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – This month, a U.S. court sentenced 56-year-old Anthony Schultz to 84 years in prison for filming the rape of underage Filipino...
August 20
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
EUROPOL's Most Wanted: Arrested for Cybersex Trafficking
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – Philippine authorities have captured a Filipino man who was once EUROPOL’s most wanted criminal. His alleged crime: producing and...
July 25