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IJM UK Executive Director Presents Anti-Trafficking Strategy to 500 European Parliamentarians

PARIS, FRANCE – IJM UK Executive Director Terry Tennens presented on International Justice Mission’s experience in anti-trafficking work to an assembly of more than 500 European government officials gathered to discuss security and cooperation among the member states of the European Union.

The event, known as “Study Days,” was organized by the European People’s Party and European Democrats (known collectively as EPP-ED). EPP-ED is the largest group in the European Parliament, with 288 members from 27 member states.

Former Slaves Build Successful Groundnut Business

“Release has rightly paved the way for [Gowshik and Geetha] to live a life of dignity and freedom.”
- IJM Chennai Social Worker

Dare To Dream

By Pamela Mumbi, IJM Zambia Field Office Director

Like many in my country, I long for service-driven leadership that will ensure public systems work for the people. I have dreamt of a time when people will have access to vital services, not because they are rich and powerful or because they have influential connections, but because they are in need and deserving of the service.

Cambodian court sentences Russian national to 13 years imprisonment for sexual assault of 14-year-old girl

In a modern-day David vs. Goliath story, a young girl’s testimony brings down a powerful expat investor accused in 18 other cases of abuse

“The significance of this verdict cannot be overestimated.”
- Patrick Stayton: Director, IJM Cambodia

A Phnom Penh court has delivered a guilty verdict against Alexander Trofimov, a Russian investor with powerful sway in the Cambodian community where he had been living. Trofimov was charged with debauchery with a child under 15. Debauchery is the legal term that covers sexual abuse of children under Cambodian law.