Sex Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
IJM Romania identifies critical gap that often leaves survivors of trafficking losing their rights
In a rare victory, a young woman who was trafficked to London for sexual exploitation was awarded monetary compensation. As a survivor of modern...
January 26
Sex Trafficking
UK Court Finds Trafficker Guilty of Exploiting Romanian Woman
A UK court found one person guilty of trafficking for their exploitation of a 19-year-old Romanian woman who was trafficked to the UK. This is the...
October 05
Sex Trafficking
Woman Trafficked to Netherlands is Repatriated to her Home Country
A woman has been repatriated to her country of origin in Eastern Europe after being trafficked to Netherlands for sexual exploitation.
September 29
Sex Trafficking
Two Convicted in 2015 Trafficking Case; Brothel Ordered to Close
Justice was served in a Mumbai Sessions Court, as two local traffickers were found guilty for exploiting five girls and young women at a brothel in a...
August 03
Sex Trafficking
Survivor-Led Advocacy: “A Force of Resistance and Resilience”
From May 11 - 13, 40 survivors of violence from across Latin America gathered virtually for IJM’s first-ever “Public Narrative: Advocacy and the...
July 17
Sex Trafficking
IJM and the Dominican National School of the Public Ministry Join Forces
On March 30, the National School of the Dominican Public Ministry, the Justice Study Center of the Americas and IJM signed an inter-institutional...
May 26
Sex Trafficking
First Arrest in IJM Child Sex Trafficking Project in Kenya
After five months of evading arrest, local police working with the Department of Children Services at the Kenyan coast recently secured the arrest of...
May 20
Sex Trafficking
Three Rescued. Two suspects arrested.
That Friday night, Dominican police, public justice officials and IJM entered a ‘‘Santería’’ (a place for religious practices that combine indigenous...
March 11
Sex Trafficking
Appeals Court Increases Sentence in Trafficking Case
On February 9, the Criminal Court of Appeals in the Dominican Republic more than doubled a sentence, going from six years to 15, against the leader...
February 11