Casework
Sex trafficking
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Justice Is Building in Bangladesh: Until All Are Free
Bangladesh is ground zero in the fight to end child sex trafficking. -
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Child Traffickers Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
A Court in Kolkata sentenced a married couple to life imprisonment for exploiting a minor girl in one of the city’s violent red-light districts. After their arrest in 2014 and 10 years in court, a severe sentence such as this is a strong sign that the public justice system continues to be serious about protecting the children in Kolkata. -
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The Joy of What Lies Ahead: A Survivor of Child Trafficking Reunites with IJM Decades After Her Rescue
Sharon Cohn Wu, now IJM North America President, was central to this 2003 rescue operation and called the reunion "a once-in-a-lifetime moment." -
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External Evaluation International Justice Mission Dominican Republic Program, 2013-2022
This is an independent and summative evaluation, conducted after 9 years of IJM's work in the Dominican Republic. It aims to identify to what extent the IJM DR program has been able to strengthen the Dominican Public Justice System (PJS) in response to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (CSEC), and to what extent this response of the Dominican state contributed to a reduction in the prevalence of CSEC and TIP. The report notes that IJM positioned itself as a leading organization against CSEC and TIP in the Dominican Republic, achieving a strengthening of PJS institutions and greater cooperation between them, which allowed for higher quality investigations and prosecutions, more appropriate sentencing, and more sensitive treatment of victims. IJM also played a fundamental role in mobilizing civil society actors and other organizations, such as the United Nations, through joint advocacy actions to combat CSEC and TIP, ultimately contributing to greater political and social awareness of the issue. -
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Court Sentences Five Sex Traffickers to Life Imprisonment
In May 2023, a Kolkata Court in India announced a groundbreaking judgment, sentencing five accused individuals to life imprisonment and imposing fines. The court convicted the accused under Indian laws for trafficking and sexually exploiting minors. Securing life imprisonment is a significant milestone in the fight against trafficking and sexual exploitation, marking a first for IJM’s team in West Bengal. -
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Scale of Harm: Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking to Produce Child Sexual Exploitation Material in the Philippines
The production of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) is an issue that plagues communities worldwide. Yet, the Philippines has been identified as a global epicenter for financially motivated CSEM production, especially via livestreaming. Anecdotal evidence suggests that incidences of this form of trafficking and exploitation in the Philippines are high. In March 2021, International Justice Mission (IJM) launched the Scale of Harm project to measure the prevalence of trafficking of children to produce CSEM in the Philippines. -
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How IJM helped the Dominican Republic reduce child sex trafficking by 78%
In the 2000s, if you sold a child for sex in the DR you would be more likely to win the lottery jackpot than to receive a conviction. But things have changed. -
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Philippines
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) is a rising form of child abuse in the Philippines with significant social, health and wellbeing consequences for survivors. In response, this scoping review was undertaken to advance understanding of the current empirical evidence on OSEC in the Philippines and to identify its characteristics, key drivers and leading intervention and prevention approaches in order to develop improved policy and practice responses. -
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Study of the Dominican public justice system in response to sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children, 2010–2022
This study examines the response of the public justice system (PJS) of the Dominican Republic in response to commercial sexual exploitation of children and sex trafficking from 2010-2022. It is the first study of its kind in the DR to use a robust methodology and provide concrete data about the performance of the PJS in response to the crime, key stakeholder confidence in the PJS response, and people’s reliance on the PJS. -
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lJM and RCMP Joint Workshop Empowers Dominican Police to Combat Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
IJM conducted a workshop for the National Police’s Directorate of Criminal Intelligence (DINTEL) in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the principles of trauma-informed care and testimony building. -
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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Dominican Republic
This study examines the prevalence of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in 20 cities in the Dominican Republic through an undercover survey that used qualitative and quantitative methods. This report contrasts 2022 prevalence levels with those obtained in a baseline study conducted by IJM in 2014. This study found a statistically significant 78% reduction in the prevalence of CSEC over the eight years between the two studies. The prevalence of CSEC went from 10.0% in 2014 to 2.2% in 2022. -
