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Binjun Xie is escorted to a plane after being arrested.

‘Millions on planes’: Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses, says Nixon

Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that, as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system, the authorities went missing.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

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Binjun Xie, previously identified by UK police as a Chinese triad boss nicknamed The Hammer.

Alleged sex trafficking boss deported over underground prostitution network

Binjun Xie has been arrested and deported from Australia as the federal government shakes up border security to reduce exploitation of foreign workers.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Education Minister Jason Clare said the government would target “shonks” seeking to exploit international students for profit.

‘Party’s over for rorters’: Government cracks down on visa scams

Private colleges will be banned from paying commissions to education agents who poach students from rival institutions in a sweeping crackdown on visa rorting.

  • Matthew Knott
Failures in the visa and migration systems are allowing crimes including sex trafficking.

Hundreds caught up in crackdown on sex trafficking, organised crime

Almost two dozen women have been intercepted at the border on suspicion of being brought into the country as part of sex-trafficking operations.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
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Fake schools, fake students: Criminals make mockery of education visas

A secret review of the immigration system shows how some criminal syndicates own every step of the chain to game the education visa process and gain access to the country.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Failures in the visa and migration systems are allowing “grotesque” crimes including sex trafficking.

‘Grotesque abuses’: Secret review of migration system scathing of failures

Poor management of the nation’s already inadequate immigration and visa laws and a focus on stopping boat arrivals has allowed organised crime syndicates to flourish.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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Brothels across Australia have been linked to trafficking.

‘Tough as nails’: Former top cop to helm sex, drug trafficking inquiry

Traffickers and people exploiting foreign workers have been rorting Australia’s migration system to ply their trades. Now former chief commissioner Christine Nixon will conduct an inquiry.

  • Nick McKenzie
Exploited sex workers can fear for their lives.

Trafficked: An international investigation

A global human trafficking syndicate has exploited flaws in Australian border security and the immigration system that allowed it to run a national illegal sex racket.

Dodgy migration agents have been linked to a raft of dubious protection visa applications.

Immigration taskforce to hit visa criminals after trafficking investigation

A new taskforce will target criminals exploiting the migration system after revelations of widespread visa rorting, foreign worker exploitation and drug crime.

  • Nick McKenzie
Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil says the immigration system is broken and needs an overhaul.

‘A state of disrepair’: Home affairs minister slams immigration system

Clare O’Neil says criminals are getting into Australia as corrupt agents, and education institutions help traffic sex slaves and drugs. But legitimate workers can’t find their way through a broken system.

  • Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger

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