Casework
Labour Trafficking
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Six Children Brought to Safety Now Dream of Home
An urgent rescue operation on Thursday brought 11 people to freedom in southern India, including six children and one baby who had grown up in forced labour. -
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Three Guilty for Labour Trafficking in an Indian Rock Quarry
One south Indian court sent a powerful message to modern-day traffickers this week, as a judge convicted three men for trafficking families at a ruthless rock quarry. All three have been sentenced to 11 years and 9 months in prison for their crimes. -
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International Justice Mission Announces Partnership with Target to Combat Labour Trafficking
International Justice Mission (IJM), the world’s largest international anti-slavery organisation, has launched a multi-year partnership with Target Corp. to combat labour trafficking in India. -
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Beaten and Betrayed: 14 Men Freed from an Abusive Ginger Farm
Local police have arrested one alleged labour trafficker and are searching for two others after a dramatic operation that brought 14 men to freedom on September 7. -
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Two Arrested for Trafficking Burmese Family, Including Five Children, into Thailand
BANGKOK, THAILAND—Two suspected traffickers, who are accused of recruiting and exploiting a Burmese family of 12, are now in jail. -
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Disaster Response: Human Trafficking and the Kerala Floods
Historic monsoon rains and flooding have left hundreds dead and millions displaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala in the last two months. -
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Anti-Trafficking Police Bring Children in Ghana to Safety
The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), local police and IJM brought two boys to safety last month after being forced to fish on Lake Volta. -
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Six Families Trapped in a Chicken Farm are Finally Freed
“Wherever you go, I’ll come there and bring you back.” -
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Desperate Mother and Children Reunited During 3 Back-to-Back Operations
We were reminded once again of the cruelty of labour trafficking this weekend—as IJM and local officials helped reunite a terrified mother and with her four young children trafficked by a brick kiln owner’s wife. -
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30 Years. 3 Generations. One Powerful Operation.
Kuppan* was struggling to help his impoverished family until a farm owner offered him a loan of 1,000 rupees in exchange for his labour. Just 15 years old at the time, Kuppan had no idea what this loan would actually cost him: three generations of being trapped in forced labour. -
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Light on Child Forced Labour
Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium came alive on Sunday morning—not with a squad of professional athletes, but with the bright yellow shirts and tiny tennis shoes of thousands of excited kids. -
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IJM Trainings Lead Brings 23 Trapped in Forced Labour to Freedom
Millions of people are trapped in forced labour in India today—but, more and more, we are seeing compassionate leaders across the country rising up to combat modern slavery head-on.