The Philippines
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Court Delivers Speedy Justice, Defending Five Children Who Are Now Free
ILIGAN CITY, PHILIPPINES — Just 37 days after their arrest, two Filipino traffickers pled guilty to attempted trafficking and child abuse in a...
August 15
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Year-Long Investigation Leads to Rescue, and Children Are Now Safe
A year of diligent investigations resulted in this week’s rescue of four victims: two young women, a teenage boy and a 12-year-old girl.
August 13
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
IJM, Police Travel to Bring Rescue to Three Children
In back-to-back operations, police caught two women who offered to sexually abuse children and livestream the abuse to customers abroad paying to...
August 01
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
European Referral Leads to Rescue of Five Children Outside Manila
TARLAC, PHILIPPINES – This week, on the outskirts of Metro Manila, anti-trafficking police arrested a mother who offered to sexually abuse children...
June 18
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Police Rescue Three Children from Cybersex Trafficking in Back-to-Back Operations
CEBU, PHILIPPINES—IJM’s team in Cebu supported two successful operations this week that brought three young girls to safety and led to the arrest of...
April 27
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Three Operations in Four Days Bring Ten Children to Freedom
As the sun’s first light filtered into a nondescript home in Tacloban City, Philippines, an adult spent the early hours chatting online. What she was...
March 08
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Australian National Convicted in the Philippines, Sentenced to Life in Prison
A Philippine court convicted two traffickers—including Drew Frederick Shobbrook, an Australian national living in the Philippines—for sexually...
February 21
Sex Trafficking
Justice in Slavery Case Honors Brave Testimonies of Survivors
IJM Manila secured the first conviction in a slavery case this year. On January 9, a court in the Philippines declared two traffickers guilty for...
January 19
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Kim thought nothing was wrong. But that was about to change.
This is the story of a brave girl named Kim* who grew up in the Philippines.
Much of her childhood was spent in poverty, and when she thinks of her...
January 07