23 girls and young women stepping into freedom in the Philippines

Efforts in collaboration with law enforcement rescued 23 survivors of sex trafficking, including four minors, and facilitated the arrest of three alleged perpetrators.

After we received a tip that girls and young women were being sold for sex by a pimp in a southern region of the Philippines, agents began collaboration with local law enforcement – our first mission ever in this region.

The operation was the result of months of hard work and case building. We worked alongside police to provide undercover surveillance, intelligence gathering and on-scene support during the raid.

Our social worker collaborated with the Filipino Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) team and assisted in the support of survivors immediately after rescue.

Rescue Update Archive

Raid rescues 36 people in South Asia

36 people, including 29 children, were rescued from horrific captivity during a single raid in collaboration with law enforcement.

After being tipped off to suspicious activity in a particular building, our brave rescue agents posed as utility workers who needed to check something within the structure. Continue reading.

Six Children Rescued in South Asia

Three separate raids rescue six girls from sex trafficking.

The exploited children were between 13 and 17 years old. Thanks to our team’s increased collaboration with law enforcement, we’re contributing to more raids in the region.

Raids rescue 10 in the Philippines from sex trafficking

Two raids in collaboration with Filipino law enforcement rescued ten people, half of whom were children, from sex trafficking.

Those children were between 15 and 17 years old. Both raids took place on the same day and led to the arrest of two traffickers. To read about another case in the Philippines that led to two arrests in the same day, visit our blog.

27 rescued in the Dominican Republic

Our collaborations with law enforcement over the summer rescued 21 children and six adults in the Dominican Republic.

Our agents in the Dominican Republic have been busy! Working in collaboration with law enforcement, our teams were part of 20 operations that rescued 27 people between 8 and 34 years old.

19 perpetrators were arrested in these operations.

To read more about our increased caseload in the area, click here.

14 children rescued from sex trafficking in Asia

14 girls, all between the ages of 13 and 17, were rescued from sexual exploitation.

Most of these children, who are now safe in one of our Residential Care homes, were forced to sell their bodies just to keep from starving. To learn how we offer freedom in these situations, read here.