Editing Jesus Christians (section)

====Human Trafficking Allegations in Argentina====
In March 2021, Pablo Salum<ref>{{cite web | url=https://leyantisectas.com/biografia/ | title=Biografía &#124; Pablo G. Salum - LeyAntiSectas }}</ref> founder of "LibreMentes"<ref>https://redlibrementes.org/</ref> (Free Minds in English), an Argentine [[anti-cult]] organisation, filed a criminal complaint against the group in Argentina together with family members of two people who had contact with the Argentine community; a 30-year-old woman who had joined the community and a young man who had only visited the community in 2020.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/l43x5BuE9K8?feature=shared |title="La SECTA del Riñón se LLEVO A MI HIJA {{!}} Jesus Christian {{!}} Dave Mackay Sobrevivientes #34 |language=en |access-date=2024-09-06 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Kx8smJNEQ |title=Me ESCAPE de la SECTA "El Riñón de Jesús" {{!}} Jesús Christians - Como Vivir por Fé Sobrevivientes #35 |date=2022-05-22 |last=LeyAntisectas |access-date=2024-09-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Salum's legal complaint accused the leadership of the Argentine community of human rights violations, claiming their practices of [[intentional community]] and [[volunteerism]] amounted to [[human trafficking]] and labor exploitation, and that their prior [[Organ_transplantation#Good_Samaritan|altruistic kidney donations]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jesuschristians.com/media-section/kidneys | title=Kidneys }}</ref> were akin to [[organ trafficking]].<ref>[https://www.antisectas.com/casos/la-secta-del-riñón-fue-todo-un-invento Pablo Salum y la secta del riñón]</ref>

A police raid was conducted at the properties of the community in Buenos Aires as part of the investigation that had been initiated by Pablo Salum's complaints.

In the days immediately following the raid, Pablo Salum garnered significant media attention in Argentina with the claims of human and organ trafficking, and labour exploitation. Family members of the woman who had recently joined the group participated in many of the media interviews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazzitelli |first=Maximiliano |date=2022-05-15 |title=Cómo Vivir Por Fe: la secta con sucursales en Argentina que capta víctimas para donar riñones |url=https://elintransigente.com/2022/05/como-vivir-por-fe-la-secta-con-sucursales-en-argentina-que-capta-victimas-para-donar-rinones/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=El Intransigente |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3e7ZXt_xtc&feature=youtu.be |title=Tremendo: cambió a su familia por una misteriosa secta |date=2022-05-13 |last=Crónica TV |access-date=2024-09-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

The community in Argentina was investigated for a total period of close to two years. During the course of the investigation it was discovered that there was no evidence for any of the allegations made against the Argentine community, nor of any other crime.<ref name="CasoLegal">[https://comovivirporfe.com/pdf/Archivo-Caso-Legal-Como-Vivir-Por-Fe.pdf Jesus Christians Argentine Legal Case]</ref> The court ruling highlighted that Pablo Salum had prejudicially influenced the judicial testimony of the young man who had visited the group in 2020, stating:<ref name="CasoLegal" /><blockquote>The court cannot ignore, as the defense also emphasizes, the proven interference of the aforementioned Pablo Salum in the testimony. This is because he interviewed the young man before he testified and such interview evidences that the former had already formed a negative opinion about the work of the religious community and undoubtedly influenced the analysis that the witness gave to the court.</blockquote>It was also noted that the young man's testimony against the community did not include any evidence of any of the allegations made against the group.<ref>[https://www.antisectas.com/casos/como-vivir-por-fe Cómo Vivir Por Fe - El Caso Judicial]</ref>

Upon completing the investigation against the community the case was dismissed by the presiding judge, "noting that the facts in question do not constitute a crime, it is appropriate to order the closing of the present proceedings," and, "To close the present proceedings for not being able to find the commission of the crime denounced."<ref name="CasoLegal" /> The case was closed without any charges having been made, due to no evidence presented or found to justify an imputation. 

Following the closure of the case, the Argentine community created a new YouTube channel called Corona de Espinas ('Crown of Thorns' in English)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/@CoronaDeEspinas777 Corona de Espinas]</ref> where they published several videos explaining what had happened and highlighting the court's ruling.

In July of 2024, a conference was held in the Palace of Legislature of Buenos Aires discussing the anti-cult movements' increasing use of human trafficking laws as a tool for religious persecution. Titled, Discrimination and Criminalization for Religious and Spiritual Reasons in Argentina,<ref>[https://libertaddecreencias.com/ Discriminación y Criminalización por Razones Religiosas y Espirituales en Argentina]</ref>  the conference included a presentation by the Argentine community detailing the accusations which had been brought against them by Pablo Salum.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C00_5O81iU | title=HOW TO LIVE BY FAITH Felipe Discrimination and Criminalization for Religious and Spiritual Reasons | website=[[YouTube]] | date=12 August 2024 }}</ref> Several academics in the field of anthropology, sociology and [[freedom of religion]] and conscience participated, including Massimo Introvigne, founder of [[CESNUR]], Dr Alejandro Frigerio from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (IICS-UCA/[[CONICET]]), and Rosita ŠORYTĖ from the European Federation for the Freedom of Belief.