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Your phone tracks your appointments, email and even your mood. That is the usual stuff. Now, make your phone a crime-fighter too, installing the International Justice Mission's free iPhone and smartphone application to fight human trafficking.

Created with leading application development firm Brushfire Mobile, IJM Mobile is available on all smart phones and is optimized for iPhone, Android and Windows phones.

This application works in 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to rescue victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression.

This human rights agency believes that effective human trafficking prevention is possible only when society, as a whole, is aware of it and is empowered enough to take action against this. IJM Mobile was created to enable everyone to have the power to join the fight against human trafficking.

A free application, it enables users to contribute to the global fight against slavery and violent oppression even if they are thousands of miles away, directly from your mobile device.

Alerts users
It delivers breaking news from IJM's frontlines, alerting users to successful rescue operations, arrest of suspected perpetrators, conviction of traffickers and slave owners, and other real-time updates. It also gives users simple steps they can take from within the application: raising awareness through their social networks, forming communities with others who share their interests, making donations, finding local IJM events and more.

Built on a .NET platform, it is downloadable from the iPhone App Store, the Android Marketplace (search for IJM) and the Windows Marketplace. Enthusiastic users have already given it a five-star rating and a coveted spot in the Top 100 Free iPhone Downloads during its first week in market.

Gabe Cooper, president of Brushfire Mobile, says the significance of the product lies in the fact that never before have people caring about a cause — like slavery and sex trafficking — been able to connect with the work so intimately through a mobile device.

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Gadgets : An app to fight crimes