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  IJM Celebrates Progress in Cambodia

  This year marks thirteen years since IJMs first rescue operation in Cambodia—a country where sex tourists could once purchase young girls for sexual exploitation without fearing any consequences. IJM Founder Gary Haugen and a team of senior leaders were in Phnom Penh this week to celebrate remarkable progress, and to honour the IJM team and committed partners who have made the impossible, possible.

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  New Year Begins with Massive Rescues

  Three generations. Thats how long these families pictured said they have been trapped in a cycle of forced labour slavery in India.

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  IJM Mumbai Trains More than 10K Officials in 2015

  IJM Mumbai staff are celebrating a major milestone this December with the completion of trainings for more than 10,000 police officers, social workers and prosecutors throughout 2015. Sanjay Macwan, IJM Mumbais Field Office Director, says the majority of his staff havent taken a single day off work this year because they were so committed to achieving the goal together.

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  Maximum Sentencing Sends Strong Message To Traffickers to Stop Abuse in DR

  Two Dominican men are behind bars where they will spend the next 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a young teen, receiving the maximum sentence allowable under Dominican law. The convictions are a major victory for IJMs team in the Dominican Republic and for 15-year-old Clarisa,* who testified against the two men.

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  Dozens Rescued From Slavery on Worm-Harvesting Farm

  By Sanjay Sojwal, IJM Director of Field Communications, who is in India on assignment.

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  American Faces Charges in Thailand for Exploiting Street Children

  An American man is behind bars and facing charges for exploiting and abusing young teenage boys living on the citys streets. In Thailand, he faces trafficking and sexual assault charges, and he may face additional charges abroad.

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  Young Women Rescued From ‘VIP’ Rooms at Seemingly Innocuous Bar

  Four young women who were once exploited in VIP rooms in a seedy bar in the Philippines are now free. This past month, the local anti-trafficking police arrested three suspects, and rescued the young women, including one minor.

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  IJM Bolivia Cases Progress at ‘Rapid Pace’ Following New Law

  Thanks to a new law, IJM Bolivia has seen miraculous developments in the past eight months, according to Greg Tarrant, IJM Bolivia field office director. The Law to Decongest and Effectivise Criminal Procedures stole the media spotlight when passed at the end of October 2014, but only time could be the judge of its effectiveness.

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  Award-Winning Film Shines the Spotlight on an IJM Guatemala Case

  The 24-minute film Aullido or Howl, recently won Best Short Film at the 2015 Justice Film Festival in Chicago, a festival featuring stories of the vulnerable and oppressed. The organization behind the film, CIY, partnered with IJM to tell the courageous story of 15-year-old Vincente who boldly decided to stand up against injustice.