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Interstate Operation Frees 42 from Violent Abuse at a Sugarcane Farm
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – In one of our network’s first rescue operations of the year, one of IJM’s grassroots partner organizations coordinated with police in two Indian states to free 42 people from violent bonded labour at a sugarcane factory. -
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IJM and Police Rescue Teen Girl from Abuse at a Luxury Apartment
KOLKATA, INDIA – On December 10 (World Human Rights Day), IJM’s team in Kolkata successfully worked with local authorities to rescue a 16-year-old girl from sex trafficking and arrest three suspects who had exploited her. -
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Arul and Pachayamma were forced to work in a dangerous quarry
Arul and Pachayamma were forced to work in a dangerous quarry -
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Eight Families in Bondage for 6 Years - Now Free
Earlier this month, IJM supported local authorities near Bangalore on an urgent rescue operation to free 29 people who were forced to chop wood for the last six years. The man who allegedly abused and exploited them is currently absconding from police. -
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Suspected Trafficker Arrested for Selling Five Victims in Her Home
Last month, IJM supported Mumbai authorities in rescuing five girls and young women from a small, cluttered apartment where they were being repeatedly sold for sex. Police have also arrested a 35-year-old woman suspected of exploiting these victims to a network of private customers. -
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Enslaved to Harvest Silk Thread - Now Free
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing six adult labourers and a 4-year-old boy from years of bonded labour slavery, where they faced near-constant abuse in order to make silk thread. -
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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.