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More Than 140 Criminals Convicted for Violent Crimes So Far This Year
As the year ends, IJM teams are celebrating a number of convictions in cases of sexual violence. The following highlights from November 2014 are a snapshot of what justice means to communities where we are working to protect the poor from 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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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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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. -
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Trafficking Survivor Returns to her Hometown to Help Rebuild After Typhoon
Two years ago, Angelita* was rescued from a karaoke bar where she had been trafficked and sold for sex at just 14 years old.