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Bar in Cebu is Shut Down after Employees Convicted for Trafficking
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – A heavy chain today locks the doors of the Red Lips bikini bar in Cebu, Philippines. The bar was permanently shut down last week. As American families sat down to their Thanksgiving meal, officials halfway around the world gave thanks for shutting down a bar that trafficked girls and women. -
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Freedom Takes Time For Children Rescued from Cybersex Trafficking
Five children as young as 2 years old were rescued from online sexual exploitation three months ago. Their story of freedom is still unfolding. -
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IJM Secures First Conviction for New Casework Targeting Cybersex Trafficking
Twelve girls just wanted to help their impoverished families. They were promised fake jobs. They didnt know it would mean they would be sexually abused for money. Thanks to IJM and local authorities, today the two traffickers responsible for this abuse are behind bars—the first ever conviction for IJM in a new area of casework targeting online sexual exploitation of children. -
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Nuns Offer Different Sort of Sanctuary in Opening New Crisis Centre in Manila
Survivors were often taken to a random government building or back to the police station—not an ideal setting to open up and share difficult details of abuse. -
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IJM Helps Rescue Nine Slaves Trapped in Brick Kiln for 12 Years
CHENNAI, INDIA - Twelve years. Thats how long nine people, including three children, were held in bondage as they labored 13-14 hours a day in a brick kiln. Until yesterday. -
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IJM Celebrates 10 Years of Combating Sexual Violence in Guatemala
This week International Justice Mission celebrates a decade combating sexual violence in Guatemala. -
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IJM Helps Rescue Young Girls From Online Sex-Abuse Shows
Five girls between 9-12 years old are safe after being rescued this week from a home in a Filipino slum that had been turned into a cybersex trafficking hotspot. -
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Senior Police Officer Charged with Murder in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA – Nearly two years ago a man named Samuel* was beaten to death inside a police station by the station commander. -
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IJM and Police Rescue Girls from Trafficking Aboard Moving Train
MUMBAI, INDIA – Four girls as young as 10 were rescued last week from a moving train headed hundreds of miles away from their home to Mumbai. -
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IJM Trains 5000th Official in Mumbai
MUMBAI, INDIA – It was just after midnight when the rescue was complete. IJM had assisted with an anti-trafficking operation in Kamathipura, Mumbais largest red-light district. It was a fast and well-executed operation, leading to freedom for two young women. -
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Filipino Children as Young as 2 Rescued from Cybersex Trafficking
CEBU, THE PHILIPPINES – A bulky desktop computer sits unplugged on the table in a police station. It looks harmless. But its not. It was once used to sell children as young as 2 years old for cybersex in the Philippines. -
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IJM’s First Conviction in the Dominican Republic
Today, a criminal was found guilty and sentenced in the Dominican Republic for the commercial sexual exploitation of a teenage girl. The ruling is one of only a handful of convictions handed down in the past decade.