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16 children rescued across three countries in Asia
Our rescue efforts throughout Asia rescued 16 girls, ages 12 to 16, from sexual exploitation.
Seven survivors have entered one of our residential homes. The remaining nine have been reunited with their families or referred to other care options.
Rescue Update Archive
Two rescues and two arrests in the Dominican Republic
Two girls, ages three and 15, have been rescued from sexual abuse in the Dominican Republic.
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Our agents collaborated with the police to find and arrest the alleged perpetrators in both cases. The children are now both safe with their families.
Raid rescues nine children in Thailand
An operation in partnership with Thailand's government rescued nine children from sex trafficking in Thailand.
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Agents discovered the children, ages 14 to 17, being sexually exploited in a bar and worked to build a case with Thailand law enforcement. Together the teams coordinated the children’s rescue. The operation was a success and the children are now safe and have been placed in the care of a like-minded shelter.
13 rescued and on their paths to freedom in Uganda
Eleven girls ages 14 to 18 and two 16-year-old boys have been rescued in Uganda.
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The children have all been enrolled in our reintegration programs. Seven will live in one of our residential homes and six have joined our community care program which allows them to live independently while they attend our classes.
Next steps for the survivors include health checks and trauma rehabilitation classes. Caseworkers and counselors will work with each survivor and his or her family on their customized freedom plan.
Two missing girls found and rescued
Agents in an undisclosed country helped police track down a missing 14-year-old girl, her trafficker was also holding an 18-year-old girl in a locked room.
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14-year-old Adya went missing in March and her father pursued every avenue to find her, including reaching out to our agents for help in April.
After extensive efforts to locate her, our agents alongside local police, rescued her earlier this month. The rescue lead to information about another girl being held by the same trafficker.
The next day, the 18-year-old was found in a house near a large brothel district being held in a room that was locked from the outside.
Both girls were being sexually exploited. Adya has been reunited with her father. Our teams are working with the other survivor to locate and reunite her with her family. She is being cared for by the country’s child services department.
(Names have been changed to protect identities)
