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Forty-Four Children and 32 Adults Freed from Slavery at Jewelry Factories
This month, local officials freed 76 victims of human trafficking—including boys as young as 10—from a group of jewelry factories profiting off forced labour for years. -
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New “One Stop Crisis Team” Rescues 18 from a Life of Slavery
Eighteen people—including 6 children—are now free from a life of modern slavery thanks to a brand-new One Stop Crisis Team recently launched in their home state of Tamil Nadu, India. -
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Judge Overturns Acquittal to Find Slave Owner Guilty in 2006 Case
CHENNAI, INDIA – The Madras High Court took a strong stance for survivors of bonded labour slavery this month by overturning a lower-court ruling to find a powerful slave owner guilty for his violent crimes. -
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Trafficked Boy Escapes, But Returns to Rescue His Friends
On a busy day last November, Manikandan took one last look around the dingy snack factory where he’d worked for nine years and decided it was time to escape. -
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IJM Staff’s Son Spots Slavery in His Water Supply
When one 9-year-old boy saw a group of other kids being forced to work at a water treatment facility near his home, he knew exactly who to tell: His dad, Raja, who works at IJM to combat modern slavery. -
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Two Young Brothers Rescued – Now Reunited with Their Mom
Over the weekend, IJM helped Indian authorities rescue two young brothers from slavery at a cow farm. The 13- and 10-year-old boys have now been reunited with their mother and are beginning their road to recovery. -
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International Justice Mission Announces Third Grant from Walmart.org to Combat Trafficking in Thai Fishing Industry
International Justice Mission (IJM), the world’s largest international anti-slavery organization, has announced its third grant awarded by the Walmart Foundation to continue addressing human trafficking, also known as modern slavery, in the Thai fishing industry. -
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Fifty Rescued from 3 Brick Kilns on Same Day
One of IJM’s grassroots partners referred a case of forced labour to the government officials. Following this, officials visited two brick kilns and conducted enquiries. Some labourers had been at the facility for 20 years. During the on-site enquiry, labourers from a third brick kiln approached the government officials and asked to be rescued with the others. The labourers at this facility had been held for 4 years. -
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Landmark Conviction Brings Justice to International Trafficking Network on Both Sides of the Thai-Cambodian Border
A Thai judge found a Cambodian national guilty of trafficking five Cambodian victims into forced labour in Thailand’s fishing industry. This landmark conviction marks the successful prosecution of the first forced labour trafficking case that IJM brought forward to Thai law enforcement, and the second conviction IJM has supported surrounding Thailand’s massive fishing industry. It follows convictions across the border in Cambodia of eight of the trafficker’s Cambodia-based accomplices in related IJM cases. -
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23 Children Held as Slaves on Island in Ghana are Free
Two girls and 21 boys between the ages of 6-16 years old were rescued out of slavery in the fishing industry in Ghana the last week in April. Two weeks of investigations had revealed more than 20 trafficked children being exploited for labour on an island near a forest reserve along Lake Volta. Based on this information, the Ghana Police Service with support from IJM launched a rescue operation to find the children that had been identified, and arrest the traffickers and boat masters who had forced the children to fish without pay and without school.