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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
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