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Mohamed Ahmed Omer – the first person in Victoria to be prosecuted for the Commonwealth offence of exit-trafficking – was found guilty in the County Court in April.

‘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.

  • 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.

  • Amber Schultz
Australian authorities have arrested the alleged ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate after a teenager was allegedly brought to Sydney to work in a brothel.

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.

  • Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
County Court of Victoria.

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.

  • Emily Woods
A Sydney man caught on CCTV threatening a woman and her child onto a flight to India from Sydney became the first person in Australia to be convicted for an exit human trafficking offence in 2021.

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.

  • Perry Duffin
Andrew Tate waits inside the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, in January.

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.

  • Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru
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County Court of Victoria.

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.

  • Erin Pearson
Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing on the north coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, in November.

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.

  • Chris Barrett
Crew members board the plane grounded by police at the Vatry airport.

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. 

  • Angela Charlton and Christophe Ena
AFP’s Commander Helen Schneider, ‘Lana’ a survivor of a forced marriage attempt, and Anti Slavery Australia’s Jennifer Burn say consistently high, or rising, reports of human exploitation and trafficking in Australia are the tip of the ice berg.

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.

  • Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe

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