Sex Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
International Justice Mission Urges the Dominican Government to Declare Child Marriage Unconstitutional
On June 24th, International Justice Mission (IJM) petitioned the Dominican Supreme Court (also known as the Constitutional Court) to declare child...
July 24
Sex Trafficking
Rescue Operation Amid COVID-19: Six Rescued. Five Arrested.
A minor and five adult women are now free from sexual exploitation after a successful rescue operation on May 23rd. As the sun rose for a new day in...
June 04
Sex Trafficking
IJM Supports Authorities on an Inter-State Sex Trafficking Rescue Operation
On February 22, IJM supported police from two states as they worked together to rescue two minor girls from a cross-country sex trafficking ring....
March 13
Sex Trafficking
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...
January 13
Sex Trafficking
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...
October 22
Sex Trafficking
Police and IJM Stop Traffickers from Selling a 15-Year-Old Girl
IJM assisted Kolkata’s anti-trafficking police on a successful rescue operation on Tuesday, July 16. They freed one 15-year-old girl from a year of...
July 24
Sex Trafficking
Forced to live in a brothel as a child, Pavi is now a rising field hockey star
High-pitched screams rang out as 14 ecstatic young women ran off a field hockey pitch in late February 2018, with bronze medals clutched in each of...
July 12
Sex Trafficking
German Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Two Haitian Minors in the Dominican Republic
On April 3rd, a 75-year-old German citizen was found guilty of trafficking, physical and psychological abuse and sexual exploitation of two Haitian...
April 12
Sex Trafficking
A Mother’s Desperate Plea Mobilizes Police to Free 13-year old Daughter and Three Other Minors
On February 2nd, after filing a complaint and persistently reaching out to local authorities, a mother’s desperate plea for help was heard. A...
March 19