India
Labor Trafficking
Three Brothers Freed from Slavery over Father’s Debt
After 13 years of hard labor in a brick kiln, three brothers are now free from debt bondage and modern slavery after a rescue operation led by south...
February 26
Slavery
Two Young Families Rescued from Modern Slavery at Rice Mill
Two young families are now free from modern slavery at an Indian rice mill, thanks to a rescue operation led by government officials and IJM staff...
January 28
Slavery
Scared and Scarred: 11 Rescued from Fried Snack Factory
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and NGO partners in rescuing two men and nine teen boys from bonded labor slavery at an urban factory...
January 16
Human Trafficking
12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on Anti-Trafficking Bill
Meera looked tiny behind the large wooden podium—bundled in her pink sweater and scarf, unrehearsed, and using a microphone for one of the first...
January 15
Slavery
Urgent Rescue: 52 Locked in Shed, Abused - Now Free
IJM supported local authorities in an urgent rescue operation this week in southern India, freeing 52 enslaved women, men and children from...
December 22
Sex Trafficking
Criminal Network Selling Hundreds of Girls Begins to Topple
Mumbai police and the IJM team have secured a much-awaited breakthrough in the fight against sex trafficking this fall.
December 06
Slavery
Six Rescued Children Now Dream of Home
An urgent rescue operation on Thursday brought 11 people to freedom in southern India, including six children and one baby who had grown up in...
November 19
Labor Trafficking
Rescue Reunites Boys with Mother After Six Years in Slavery
A dramatic rescue operation this week brought two young boys to freedom in southern India, ending years of their mother’s desperate searching.
November 15
Slavery
Thaiyamma took her one shot at freedom.
When Thaiyamma and Devendran found out their five-month-old daughter Lavanya was ill, they took a $15 loan of from the owner of a wood-cutting...
November 09