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14-year-old girl now safe from violence in Cambodia
IJM has stepped in to provide urgent legal and emotional support to the traumatised girl. -
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From Myanmar, to Thailand, to Cambodia: Brothers’ Journey Ends in Rescue from Abusive Employer
After being cheated and exploited for more than a year, two brothers from Myanmar are free and safely home. -
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Call for Help From Migrant Workers at Bangkok Sweets Factory Brings Freedom
Bangkok, Thailand - IJM Thailand assisted Thai authorities this week in a rescue operation of 18 Myanmar migrant workers who were reportedly held against their will in a confectionary factory located in central Bangkok. -
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Ten-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm. -
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4 Traffickers Convicted for Exploiting 2 Girls to Work As Maids in Malaysia
Last week, IJM staff in Cambodia attended a hearing on the sentencing of four convicted traffickers who recruited two girls, ages 12 and 16 to work as maids in Malaysia. -
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5 Fishermen Rescued in Thailand
Breaking News: Five fishermen are now free from forced labour and human trafficking after being rescued by Thailands Department of Special Investigation (DSI) with assistance from IJM. -
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IJM Staff’s Son Spots Slavery in His Water Supply
When one 9-year-old boy saw a group of other children being forced to work at a water treatment facility near his home, he knew exactly who to tell: His dad, Raja, who works at IJM to combat modern slavery. -
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Two Young Brothers Rescued – Now Reunited with Their Mum
Over the weekend, IJM helped Indian authorities rescue two young brothers from slavery at a cow farm. The 13- and 10-year-old boys have now been reunited with their mother and are beginning their road to recovery. -
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Landmark Conviction Brings Justice to International Trafficking Network on Both Sides of the Thai-Cambodian Border
A Thai judge found a Cambodian national guilty of trafficking five Cambodian victims into forced labour in Thailands fishing industry. This landmark conviction marks the successful prosecution of the first forced labour trafficking case that IJM brought forward to Thai law enforcement, and the second conviction IJM has supported surrounding Thailands massive fishing industry. -
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23 Children Free from Slavery in Ghana
Two girls and 21 boys between the ages of 6-16 years old were brought to safety from slavery in the fishing industry in Ghana the last week in April. -
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Justice for Burmese Trafficking Victims as Husband and Wife Plead Guilty
BANGKOK, THAILAND—On Tuesday, a Bangkok criminal court sentenced two Burmese traffickers to 18 years in prison. The verdict came just two weeks after the couple pled guilty to trafficking a Burmese family of 12, including five children, from their home in Myanmar to fishing ports in Southern Thailand. -
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Rescues Ensure These Children Won’t Make Bricks Anymore
Two back-to-back rescue operations on Wednesday morning have brought freedom to 10 people once trapped in modern slavery, including three children forced to make bricks alongside their parents.