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Houy’s Journey from Exploitation to Freedom
May 2026 What began as a search for honest work to support her children led Houy into exploitation overseas – until coordinated action helped bring her to safety, giving her a new start. Houy enrolled in a training centre that promised a lawful work placement in Singapore. “But I didn’t want my family to starve.” Houy was held in a locked flat with dozens of other women, given little food and forced to work long hours. Houy was supported to return to Cambodia, where IJM staff welcomed her home, reunited her with her children, and gave immediate support to her family. -
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Three friends brought to safety from forced scamming in Cambodia
After losing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the men had accepted what appeared to be legitimate jobs advertised online. Instead, they were horrified to find theyd been trafficked from Thailand across the Cambodian border and trapped in a remote compound. -
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14-year-old girl now safe from violence in Cambodia
IJM has stepped in to provide urgent legal and emotional support to the traumatised girl. -
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“I need to let the world know that this darkness happens every day.”
Jun Hao*, a survivor of forced scamming, knows how urgent it is to stop this crime. When Jun Hao left his home in Thailand for a promising job in Cambodia, he didn’t know he would end up fearing for his life. -
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Three traffickers convicted for forced scamming
Nine people from Indonesia – who IJM helped police bring to safety from forced online scamming in Cambodia – have just received justice. -
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Forced scamming: stopping new forms of trafficking
Right now, people are being deceived by false job offers and forced to conduct scams online for up to 20 hours a day, trapped in heavily guarded compounds. -
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From Myanmar, to Thailand, to Cambodia: Brothers’ Journey Ends in Rescue from Abusive Employer
After being cheated and exploited for more than a year, two brothers from Myanmar are free and safely home. -
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7 Myths about Human Trafficking – and why it’s vital that we stop believing them
Human trafficking today is a multibillion-dollar global criminal industry that’s bigger than ever. Here are some myth busters to make us all think twice. -
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Breaking News: Arrest of a Trafficker After Three Years On the Run from Justice
In May 2017, the IJM Cambodia team watched as the panel of three trial judges found three accused persons guilty under the anti-trafficking law for their role recruiting and transporting ten men into forced labor slavery on fishing boats. -
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4 Traffickers Convicted for Exploiting 2 Girls to Work As Maids in Malaysia
Last week, IJM staff in Cambodia attended a hearing on the sentencing of four convicted traffickers who recruited two girls, ages 12 and 16 to work as maids in Malaysia. -
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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.