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South Asia
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Urgent Rescue: 52 Locked in Shed, Abused - Now Free
IJM supported local authorities in an urgent rescue operation this week in southern India, freeing 52 enslaved women, men and children from terrifying conditions at a ginger farm. -
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Criminal Network that Sold Hundreds of Girls Begins to Topple
Mumbai police and the IJM team have secured a much-awaited breakthrough in the fight against sex trafficking this autumn. -
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Operation Reunites Boys with Mother after 6 Years in Forced Labour
A dramatic operation this week brought two young boys to freedom in southern India, ending years of their mother’s desperate searching. -
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Six Children Brought to Safety Now Dream of Home
An urgent rescue operation on Thursday brought 11 people to freedom in southern India, including six children and one baby who had grown up in forced labour. -
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She took her one shot at freedom.
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Six Freed from Mumbai Brothel amid a Busy Festival Season
On Saturday, IJM staff supported senior anti-human trafficking police on a rescue operation to free six girls and young women from exploitation in a notorious red-light district. -
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Three Guilty for Labour Trafficking in an Indian Rock Quarry
One south Indian court sent a powerful message to modern-day traffickers this week, as a judge convicted three men for trafficking families at a ruthless rock quarry. All three have been sentenced to 11 years and 9 months in prison for their crimes. -
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Beaten and Betrayed: 14 Men Freed from an Abusive Ginger Farm
Local police have arrested one alleged labour trafficker and are searching for two others after a dramatic operation that brought 14 men to freedom on September 7. -
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Disaster Response: Human Trafficking and the Kerala Floods
Historic monsoon rains and flooding have left hundreds dead and millions displaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala in the last two months. -
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Kolkata Police and IJM Stop a Powerful Trafficking Kingpin
Last week, IJM helped Kolkata’s anti-trafficking police rescue two sex trafficking victims and arrest five criminals, including a notorious trafficker named Archana* we have been pursuing for years. -
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Two Men Convicted in Cross-Border Sex Trafficking Case
Five years after their rescue, two teen girls from Bangladesh can rest easier knowing the law is on their side. -
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Six Families Trapped in a Chicken Farm are Finally Freed
“Wherever you go, I’ll come there and bring you back.”