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After Two Failed Attempts, 14 Young Women Are Finally Set Free in Kolkata
After more than 40 hours of waiting and two failed attempts, IJM helped police rescue 14 young women from sex trafficking in a roadside brothel, where they had been trapped in squalor and violence. -
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IJM Pampanga and Police Work Around the Clock to Rescue 17 Young Women
PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES - In just one week, IJM helped police rescue 17 girls and young women from four different bars in the Philippines. The team of IJM staff worked around the clock—nearly 100 hours—on the back-to-back operations. -
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Police and IJM Discover a Brothel’s Secret Hiding Spot
Getting inside the brothel was the first challenge: A manager sits outside a locked gate and screens customers. Behind the gate, a thick curtain blocks anyone from seeing inside. -
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Jolie’s Story Inspires Other Survivors of Sex Trafficking in Manila
After four years in trial, two traffickers have been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for trafficking, thanks in part to the testimony of Jolie,* whom they trafficked when she was just 15 years old. -
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Survivors Get Justice in IJM’s Fastest Sex Trafficking Case in the Philippines
This month, three young women in the Philippines were honoured through a local courts ruling: The man and woman who had trafficked them were convicted for exploiting the girls in a bar that operated as a brothel. -
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Sex Trafficking Survivors in Mumbai Set Free from Months in Darkness
On July 3, IJM received a call for assistance from the city police. The social service branch—a unit of the city police that work on cases and crimes related to women—had received a tip that girls were being trafficked and exploited for sex in a brothel in one of Mumbais red-light districts. -
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IJM Manila: Five Traffickers Convicted for Exploiting Girls as Young as 16
In December 2010, IJM discovered that girls as young as 16 had been trafficked to a two-story bar and were being sold for sex. IJM worked with the Philippine National Bureau of Investigations anti-trafficking unit to rescue sixteen young women, including five girls under 18.