Children Rescused From Being Sold for Sex

Earlier this week, IJM helped police rescue a 16-year-old girl and two 13- and 14-year old boys who were being sold for sex on Cebu streets

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More Slaves Now Than Ever Before…

Many are captives who are trafficked for sex, sold by their poverty-stricken parents. Others toil in sweatshops, make rubber for our tires and harvest cocoa beans for our chocolate. Globally, there are more slaves now than ever before

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Bangladeshi Girl Rescued From Indian Brothel

Like many Bangladeshi girls, Shohela loves dance, especially the traditional kinds of dance her culture is known for. So she was thrilled when she found out she could dance and earn much-needed money in India

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Rescue Operation Frees Young Women Sold For Sex

This weekend, a new day began for girls rescued from a small bar selling underage girls for sex on one of Pampanga’s main streets. IJM assisted the Philippine National Police with a rescue operation on Friday, November 16, 2012

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Sex Trafficking is Rising in Milwaukee

In the past year, almost a dozen people have been convicted of human trafficking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it’s likely that number will go up

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Thousands ‘Disappear’ in Syria

Up to 28,000 Syrians have disappeared over the past 19 months, with civilians snatched from the streets or forcibly abducted by government troops or security forces

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A Lack of Justice for U.K. Child Sex-Traffickers

A man befriends you and your relatives, offering a better life in another country. There is hope when things seemed desperate. A place where you can go to school, get a good education, earn money and be successful

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Slavery: Thousands of Child Soldiers

The UN believes hundreds of thousands of children are forced to fight at gunpoint by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda, the Shebab in Somalia, Ansar Dine in Mali and other terror groups and private armies around the world.

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