Namwaan was trafficked across the border from China after being offered a job as a housekeeper in Thailand. She tried to escape, but her efforts were futile. She was eventually rescued by IJM and local police. Following her rescue, she lived in an aftercare home and received vocational education. She has now returned to China to live with her family. |
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During a brothel raid in south Asia conducted by local authorities with IJM’s assistance, an IJM operative escorts a young woman out of the brothel. Several young women and girls were rescued on that night and taken to a safe aftercare home where they were given a new chance for a life of freedom. The perpetrators were detained by the police. |
Dabisha and Simla were trafficked and forced into prostitution in Thailand. Local authorities, assisted by IJM, rescued the girls from the affliction and brutality they endured daily. Dabisha and Simla now have a life of freedom at a safe aftercare home where they receive counseling and vocational training while they continue to heal. |
Sharon Cohn (right), IJM Senior Vice President of Interventions celebrates an afternoon with Dabisha (left) and Simla (middle).
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Simran was deceived by the promise of a job where she could study computers and earn money to save for her dream of medical school. She was then trafficked and sold for $200. Following her rescue and rehabilitation, she worked as a social worker in an IJM office. She is now pursing her dream education. |
Brought out from a dark life of abuse, Simran has a life of hope and a future. She told IJM staff, "[IJM came] and found me. They did not give up. I did not have a family, but with IJM they have given me my family." |
| IJM President Gary Haugen and an IJM investigator survey the brothel complex where Simran was held in forced prostitution. Simran and eight others were rescued from this building in a single operation. |
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Elisabeth was trafficked by her “auntie” at age 17. Her virginity was sold for $240. She spent seven months in a brothel and was rescued by IJM and local police with seven other minors in 2003. She has returned home and is working her way through college. |
With the raid in progress, a crowd of onlookers gathers to see what will happen to their friends and business associates inside of "House C." Police in bullet-proof vests, carrying assault rifles, deter the observers-some the same age as the victims-from getting any closer.
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—Office of the President of the United States |
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| IJM is a human rights organization that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression around the world. A multi-national team of law enforcement professionals and highly qualified legal staff, conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims. They bring the perpetrators to justice, ensure proper aftercare and seek to prevent further occurrences of abuse. IJM staff also work to educate the public about oppression and to teach effective ways to seek justice. Gary Haugen, who was the officer in charge of the UN investigation of the Rwandan genocide, founded IJM in 1994. |
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