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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 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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Increase in Convictions in the Philippines Keep Children Safe, Traffickers Off the Streets
More than 35 survivors of trafficking will now be able to breathe a little easier. Last week, six traffickers were convicted for human trafficking crimes in the Philippines. Each received a sentence of life imprisonment, and a painful chapter ended for the survivors who suffered unspeakable abuse at their hands. -
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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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Young Women Rescued From ‘VIP’ Rooms at Seemingly Innocuous Bar
Four young women who were once exploited in VIP rooms in a seedy bar in the Philippines are now free. This past month, the local anti-trafficking police arrested three suspects, and rescued the young women, including one minor. -
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Australian Arrested in Philippines for Abusing School Children
Michael Refalo, a 61-year-old Australian national, is now behind bars, arrested on two charges of human trafficking by Philippine authorities. The arrest on the 13th of May, follows an extensive investigation which uncovered the abuse and exploitation of 14 girls, including 10 suspected minors, over the last three to four years. -
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IJM Training Exercise Leads to Rescue of Underage Girls
Four girls are now safe from being exploited in the local commercial sex trade, rescued by police only hours after an IJM training session. During the workshop on May 4, officers from the Philippine National Police discussed three rescue operations from earlier this year in which 26 victims were rescued from sex trafficking. -
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Life Sentencing for American Expat Sends Strong Message to Sex Offenders Overseas
An American expat will spend the rest of his life behind bars for child sexual abuse crimes committed in the Philippines. A Los Angeles federal court handed down the life imprisonment sentence on Monday, May 18, following a lengthy, eight-year battle in the courts to prosecute Stanley Reczko under the PROTECT Act. -
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Massive Operation in the Philippines Shows a Country Serious about Ending Human Trafficking
Eleven suspects were arrested at a high-end entertainment bar where women and girls were being trafficked and exploited for sex in the heart of Angeles City. The highly complex operation involved staff from all three IJM offices in the Philippines and required close coordination between national government agencies and the local anti-trafficking unit. -
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Young Women Rescued from Bar Under Sex Trafficking Investigation
A handwritten sign is still taped to the bar door: Gentlemen its time to close, its hotel and motel time. The message may be the last one the bar owners are able to post. -
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Three Convictions In Pampanga Show A Country Serious About Stopping Trafficking
Two sex trafficking cases ended with convictions today in the Philippines. Both underscore a government serious about stopping this rampant crime.