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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
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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
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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
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Slavery
Trafficked Boy Escapes, But Returns to Rescue His Friends
On a busy day last November, Manikandan took one last look around the dingy snack factory where he’d worked for nine years and decided it was time to...
August 01
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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
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Sex Trafficking
Police and IJM Stop Trafficking of a 15-Year-Old Girl
IJM assisted Kolkata’s anti-trafficking police on a successful rescue operation on Tuesday, July 16. They freed one 15-year-old girl from a year of...
July 19
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Meet Mateo
Mateo* was just a child when he saw something in the streets of Guatemala City that would change the trajectory of his life. He remembers it vividly....
July 17
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Sexual Violence
IJM Bolivia Secures its 150th Conviction
On June 17, a Bolivian court sentenced a sexual aggressor to 25 years in prison after declaring him guilty for raping two young girls, who were just...
July 01
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Slavery
IJM Staff’s Son Spots Slavery in His Water Supply
When one 9-year-old boy saw a group of other kids being forced to work at a water treatment facility near his home, he knew exactly who to tell: His...
June 26