India
Sex Trafficking
Three Women Convicted for Trafficking after 7-Year Trial – Survivor Riya* Thriving
MUMBAI, INDIA, October 27, 2016 – On Wednesday, IJM celebrated justice served for three young survivors of trafficking, as the women who sold them...
October 27
Slavery
Lumber Boss Arrested for Trapping 15 in Brutal Bonded Labour Slavery
CHENNAI, INDIA, September 1, 2016 -- Women and men were visibly shaking with fear as IJM and local authorities rescued them from a brutal slave owner...
September 01
Slavery
Second Rescue at Abusive Brick Kiln Frees 328 from Slavery
CHENNAI, INDIA - Late last month, IJM and authorities near Chennai rescued more than 300 people—including 88 children—from bonded labour slavery in a...
June 15
Sex Trafficking
Two 17-Year-Olds Rescued from Kolkata Red-Light District
KOLKATA, INDIA – On June 2, Kolkata Police initiated a rescue operation and requested IJM’s help to find a number of girls suspected to have been...
June 06
Slavery
Ten Rescued from Grueling Rock Quarry, Including Kids Born into Slavery
May 25
Sex Trafficking
Three Bangladeshi Women Rescued in Kolkata Red-Light District
This week, police in Kolkata enlisted IJM’s help in rescuing three young women trafficked from Bangladesh and forced into prostitution in one of the...
May 12
Slavery
Five Families Rescued from Years of Bonded Labour Slavery
Thanks to the quick work of local government officials and an IJM team, 18 children, women and men are now free from bonded labour slavery at an...
May 12
Slavery
Two Dozen Rescued with New IJM Partner, in New State
April 20
Sex Trafficking
IJM and Kolkata Police Rescue 16-Year-Old from Trafficking
On Monday evening, IJM assisted Kolkata police on a rescue operation to free one teenage girl from sex trafficking in a private apartment operating...
March 22