Human trafficking
‘Discarded at your will’: Abusive man jailed for stranding wife in Africa
Mohamed Ahmed Omer, who abandoned his wife in Sudan before returning to Australia with their young children, was handed a four-year sentence.
- by Emily Woods
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A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem: How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted
A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.
- by Amber Schultz
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Crime
Syndicate trafficked teen to work in Sydney brothels, police say, two arrested
The alleged head of a syndicate has been arrested in Sydney after women were found sleeping three to a single room in a suburban home in Banksia.
- by Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
Deceived and abandoned by her husband, woman faced Sudan ordeal
A man who abandoned his wife in Sudan while he returned to Australia is before the courts in a first-of-its-kind case.
- by Emily Woods
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Modern slavery
Sydney man abandons wife overseas after she fell out with his mother
The 44-year-old man drew up an itinerary for their trip with details of their flights. It was bogus. He had a return flight, but his wife’s ticket was one-way.
- by Perry Duffin
Divisive influencer Andrew Tate to be tried for rape and human trafficking
Tate, who has amassed 9.1 million followers on X, was arrested in December 2022 near Bucharest along with his brother, Tristan Tate, and two Romanian women.
- by Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru
Mum trapped in Sudan without her kids after husband cancelled her visa, court hears
A Melbourne man is the first person to face trial in Victoria for exit trafficking after allegedly abandoning his wife overseas while on a family holiday.
- by Erin Pearson
Australia may be next for Rohingya refugees ‘running out of places to go’
Fleeing violence and squalid conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar is desperate.
- by Chris Barrett
Human trafficking probe: Hundreds of Indians stuck at French airport depart for Mumbai
Prosecutors wouldn’t comment on whether the passengers’ ultimate destination could have been the US, which has seen a surge in Indians crossing the Mexico-US border this year.
- by Angela Charlton and Christophe Ena
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Human trafficking on rise in Australia and ‘hidden in plain sight’
Ayra’s parents took her from Sydney to their home country for a forced marriage when she was 19. She is one of a growing number of Australians falling victim to human trafficking.
- by Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
Yoga ‘guru’ who promised enlightenment arrested for sexual abuse
To his followers across Europe, he was a guide to a higher state of consciousness. He was also a master manipulator.
- by Thomas Adamson
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