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Manju Gaur left her home village in rural tea-producing India to find her sister, who had been lured to Delhi by human traffickers.

Raid reunites trafficked tea plantation sisters

The trafficker who sold girls for $200

Police raid human traffickers in India

The girls trafficked from a tea plantation

About the Freedom Project

CNN wants to amplify the voices of the victims of modern-day slavery, highlight success stories and help unravel the tangle of criminal enterprises trading in human life.

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In Depth

Report a Case of Human Trafficking

Who to contact:

Go here to report anonymously a human trafficking case anywhere in the world: CrimeStoppers Trafficking Tip Form

Go here to report a case of human trafficking in the U.S. and Mexico: National Trafficking Resource Center

Heroes at Home

Retired Army Ranger Sergeant Tom Block hopes one day the glinting Captain America shield in his eye will be a sign to a frightened child that life is about to get better. He is training with HERO Corps, a group which helps law enforcement track down pedophiles and kids being targeted by them.

Injured U.S. vets now hunting child predators

Wounded warrior becomes rescuer of children

Ex-elite soldier now fighting online abuse

Veterans and police work to combat child pornography

Army veteran tracks down child predator, rescues three victims

How to Help

A Bangladeshi boy plays soccer with his father in Baltimore, Maryland. The boy was attacked and mutilated in Dhaka in 2010 and was later brought to the U.S., where doctors at Johns Hopkins Children's Center agreed to operate on him for free.

Charities, by country

Global organizations

Global hotlines

Fight For Freedom

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Confronting modern-day slavery

Mira Sorvino fights human trafficking

Professor's trafficking research inspires film

Former trafficking victim helps other survivors

Activist fights for Mexico's trafficking victims

Former ambassador on mission to stop trafficking

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Trading in Human Life

Mexico's 'sex trafficking capital'

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The town where boys are 'groomed to become pimps'

Jailed trafficker meets victim who put him away

Survivor: 'I was raped 43,200 times'

The patron saint of pimping

Drugged, chained and sold

Yazidi: Strength and Survival

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Women killing themselves in captivity

ISIS soldiers told to rape women 'to make them Muslim'

The women of the Sun Brigade take on ISIS

ISIS 'forced pregnant Yazidi women to have abortions'

Yazidis capture their new lives on camera

Tattooed by their Traffickers

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Branded: Sex slavery in America

Old slavery mark brands sex trafficking victims

Sex trafficking survivor helps 'branded' victims

The shocking life of a sex-trafficked girl

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Mauritania: Slavery's Last Stronghold

Slavery's Last Stronghold: Watch the full documentary

Mauritania's endless sea of sand dunes hides an open secret: An estimated 10% to 20% of the population lives in slavery.

What you need to know about Mauritania and slavery

Charges against liberated Mauritanian slave dropped

Mozambique or Bust

Mozambique or Bust: Full documentary
There's an unusual weapon in the the war against modern-day slavery: Donated bras are helping sex trafficking survivors make a living in the clothing markets of Mozambique.

Stand in the Sinai

Rights campaigner Hamdy Al-Azazy combs the desert every week searching for corpses, ensuring they get a dignified burial.

Death in the desert

The fight against human trafficking in Sinai, North Africa.

A Stand in the Sinai: Watch the full documentary

Operation Hope

Dr. Richard Redett, a pediatric plastic surgeon, examines the boy at the hospital in Baltimore.

From horror to hope

In Bangladesh, gangs kidnap children and force them to beg.

Operation Hope: Watch the full documentary

Slavery in India

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Tapped by Tradition: Full documentary

Acclaimed Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor invites the CNN Freedom Project to see what modern-day slavery looks like in his home country, India.

Haitian Kids Exploited By Tradition

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Common Dreams: Full documentary

Grammy Award-winning musician and actor Common focuses on the plight of an estimated 300,000 children working as domestic servants in Haiti.

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