Casework
Labour Trafficking
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Four Boys Free from Trafficking in Ghana
Last week, four boys aged 11, 13, 15 and 16, were brought to safety by IJM and our partners from trafficking in the fishing industry on Lake Volta. -
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IJM Opens First Anti-Trafficking Program in Central and Eastern Europe
International Justice Mission has launched its first anti-trafficking program in Central and Eastern Europe with a team based in Bucharest, Romania, focused on building partnerships and contributing to combating human trafficking. -
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247 Brought to Safety from Bonded Labour at a Brick Kiln as Local Authorities Take the Lead
CHENNAI, INDIA – On February 18, proactive government officials in southern India led a rescue operation to free 247 people—including 50 children—from a life of bonded labour at a massive brick kiln. -
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Trafficker Gets 7 Years for Crimes Against Five Women Near Bangalore
BANGALORE, INDIA – In December, IJM and our government partners welcomed the conviction of an Indian trafficker who trapped five young women in forced labour at a construction site in 2013. He has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for his crimes. -
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42 Freed from a Brick Kiln after Advocacy from Released Bonded Labourers' Association
Thirteen families are now free from forced labour at a brick kiln thanks to local officials, IJM staff, and the tireless advocacy of the Released Bonded Labourers’ Association—a network of survivors who stand up for others living in bondage. -
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Change is Happening in India: Officials Free 204 in a Single Day
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 204 children, women and men from two massive brick kilns near Bangalore. This is one of our largest joint operations ever and a promising sign of how the Indian government is stepping up against human trafficking in bold new ways. -
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12-year-old Forced to Work with Malaria Now Free
In late January, IJM and partners worked diligently to bring to safety three young boys ages 9, 10, and 12. The children had spent around seven months to two years trapped in slavery on Lake Volta in Ghana. -
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42 People Rescued from Bonded Labour at a Sugarcane Farm
In one of our network’s first rescue operations of the year, IJM’s partner organization Jan Sahas coordinated with police in two Indian states to free 42 people from violent bonded labour at a sugarcane factory. -
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Survivor Network Expands in Karnataka as Ex-Bonded Labourers Unite to End Trafficking
On December 16, eighty survivors of bonded labour from across Karnataka joyfully gathered to inaugurate their state’s first branch of the Released Bonded Labourers’ Association (RBLA), which helps survivors unite their voices for an end to bonded labour and human trafficking. -
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Five Children in Ghana Will Spend Christmas in Freedom!
In late November, IJM and partners brought four boys and one girl between the ages of 8 and 15 to safety from trafficking in the fishing industry in Ghana. -
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Enslaved to Harvest Silk Thread - Now Free
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing six adult labourers and a 4-year-old boy from years of bonded labour slavery, where they faced near-constant abuse in order to make silk thread. -
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44 Children and 32 Adults Freed from Slavery at Jewellery Factories
This month, local officials freed 76 victims of human trafficking—including boys as young as 10—from a group of jewellery factories profiting off forced labour for years.