Sex Trafficking

Sex Trafficking
IJM Cebu’s Mentorship Program Empowers Survivors to Help Other Victims Heal
In Cebu, IJM has a unique mentorship program for survivors who want to use their own story of restoration to help other girls move through a painful...
March 16

Sex Trafficking
Streets Are Safer Today in Manila
Stardust Showbar is no longer open for business. Philippine authorities closed it last week, just three months after IJM helped police rescue 13...
February 16

Sex Trafficking
It's Easier To Be Indifferent (Travel Brave - Part 3)
I work for IJM, so I encounter hard stuff all the time. Sometimes, it feels too much. Sometimes, I want drown it out and watch something that makes...
February 11

Sex Trafficking
Move Into Action (Travel Brave - Part 2)
Andrew Kooman writes for the page, stage, and screen. He is the author of the highly acclaimed stage play She Has A Name that is now a feature film....
February 10

Sex Trafficking
A Catalyst for Change (Travel Brave - Part 1)
Have you ever heard or seen something that altered your direction in life? A marker that you can look back on as a catalyst for change? Learning...
February 09

Sex Trafficking
Bar in Cebu is Shut Down after Employees Convicted for Trafficking
CEBU, PHILIPPINES – A heavy chain today locks the doors of the Red Lips bikini bar in Cebu, Philippines. The bar was permanently shut down last week....
December 15

Sex Trafficking
IJM and Police Rescue Girls from Trafficking Aboard Moving Train
MUMBAI, INDIA – Four girls as young as 10 were rescued last week from a moving train headed hundreds of miles away from their home to Mumbai.
Police...
October 15

Sex Trafficking
IJM Trains 5000th Official in Mumbai
MUMBAI, INDIA – It was just after midnight when the rescue was complete. IJM had assisted with an anti-trafficking operation in Kamathipura, Mumbai’s...
September 02

Sex Trafficking
IJM’s First Conviction in the Dominican Republic
A criminal has been found guilty and sentenced in the Dominican Republic for the commercial sexual exploitation of a teenage girl. The ruling is one...
August 12