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.
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An international investigation has revealed the identity of the Australia-based Mr Big running a human trafficking ring and an illegal sex racket.
Karen was smuggled into Australia from South Korea for sex work,and was sent to a brothel where she was made to work up to 25 hours in a row. She narrowly escaped with her life.
Undercover recordings expose flaws in the immigration system despite years of warnings to the federal government.
A new taskforce will target criminals exploiting the migration system after revelations of widespread visa rorting,foreign worker exploitation and drug crime.
Binjun Xie,the alleged boss of a human trafficking ring,is now the focus of an investigation by Australian law enforcement agencies and facing deportation.
Australia needs to do more to stop undocumented workers being exploited by organised crime. We cannot sweep the problem under the carpet.
Failures of the Immigration and Home Affairs departments have allowed a crime boss to enter and operate in Australia after his release from jail in Britain.
While the Home Affairs Department says legislation exists to prevent worker exploitation,it is clear the measures are either not fit for purpose or are not being applied with the rigour required.
Human trafficking has been a long-standing stain on Thailand,with victims including children,Burmese migrants and Thai nationals.
The company got a green light to move money into and out of Australia despite intelligence warnings and the prosecution of a related business in New Zealand.
More than a dozen education providers have been identified as allegedly “corrupt” by investigators probing the sex industry.
A court case in South America has revealed how women are smuggled into Australia as part of an elaborate international sex-trafficking ring.
A company run by Jack Ta,who boasted of “cosy” dinners with former Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton,has been used by more than a dozen drug offenders to remain in Australia on bogus asylum seeker claims.
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.
Up to 100,000 workers have entered Australia using false claims,fuelling fears about illicit labour as the government launches a review of the migration system.