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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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Justice System Transformation
The Business of Trafficking Falls Apart When You Stay in the Fight
After almost 15 years with IJM, Philip Langford shares why "It turns out that traffickers aren't brave." Persistence wins the fight for freedom, and in hotspot after hotspot, IJM's proven theory of change has seen slavery and trafficking rates fall by 70-80% or more.
September 25
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A New and Old Pandemic: COVID-19 and Modern Slavery
Peter Williams, Principal Advisor on Modern Slavery, for IJM Global, highlights why more than ever before, it is vital that we prioritise the protection of the world's most vulnerable people and use what is in our hands to "choose freedom".
September 14

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Kenya Launches Policy to Protect Kenyans from False Charges
September 24
Trauma-Informed Police Interview Room Piloted in Uganda
September 11
13 children and 2 adults in Bislig City rescued from online sexual exploitation, 5 traffickers arrested
August 28
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Police Brutality
Kenya Launches Policy to Protect Kenyans from False Charges
September 24
Domestic Violence
Trauma-Informed Police Interview Room Piloted in Uganda
September 11
Rescue
13 children and 2 adults in Bislig City rescued from online sexual exploitation, 5 traffickers arrested
August 28
COVID Crisis Drives Up Child Labour and Forced Labour in Textiles Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has put vulnerable workers and families at risk of forced and child labour in the textile industry. IJM and partners have run multiple successful rescue operations in India's Tamil Nadu state, seeing 62 people rescued within the past month.
August 26
Forced Labour
Ten-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm.
August 19
Rescue
Twenty Years Enslaved at a Mango Farm – Now Free
Survivor Leaders in the Released Bonded Labourers Association (RBLA) rallied authorities to rescue a couple who had been enslaved at a mango farm for about 20 years. IJM had known about this couple since 2016, but they were always too scared to ever share the truth about their experience, due to the power of the owner.
August 17
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