45 people rescued at the Nepal border
45 people, more than half of them children, were rescued all across the Nepal border throughout the late summer.
One victim was traveling with her 2-year-old daughter. The children targeted by traffickers were all between 14 and 17 years old. One brave family chose to press charges against the trafficker who kidnapped, abused and tried to cross the border with their daughter. Every week, our relentless border agents stop dozens of travelers to check for instances of human trafficking, and their efforts save hundreds every year.
Rescue Update Archive
34 Rescued in Nepal
Twenty-seven survivors were rescued at the border, and agents collaborated with police to free the rest from traffickers.
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7-year-old among 5 rescued from forced labor in Cambodia
4 boys and a girl are now learning to live free since being rescued
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Agents found the children begging on the street during their canvassing operations. Further investigation revealed that they’d been forced into begging for money by crippling family debt or crushing poverty. Now that they’ve enrolled in our post-rescue programming, the kids will be equipped to live their own lives in freedom.
15 Children Rescued in the Dominican Republic
Agents helped police rescue 15 kids from abusers over the course of several weeks
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Most of the children suffered domestic sexual abuse from someone close to them before our agents’ investigations led to police intervention. The series of operations led to 13 arrests, including one man who’d forced a 15-year-old girl into marriage. With their abusers behind bars, the kids are now all home safe.
16 children and three young adults are free from sexual exploitation in Zimbabwe.
Nineteen Zimbabwean victims of exploitation became survivors after joining the local Destiny Rescue program.
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36 Freed from Human Traffickers
Four raids rescued 36 women from the criminals who trafficked them in the Philippines.