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The extent of human trafficking in Australia is difficult to quantify. [7] However, it has been estimated that between 300 and 1000 persons are victims of trafficking a year. [8] The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) lists Australia as one of 21 trafficking destination countries in the high destination category. [9]
Western Australia: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000: December 2012: Sentenced to 31 years. Transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison in Australia in late 2007. [40] Robert Halliwell: Sydney: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000: Arrested with Deane-Johns whilst attempting to post heroin to Australia.
Due to its profitability, many transnational crime groups have begun to focus on methamphetamine trafficking in Australia, with over 60% of high risk criminal targets on the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission National Targeting List being involved in the trade, [6] with 45% of this being outlaw motorcycle gangs, [6] who have been known ...
The protocol covers the following: Defining the crime of trafficking in human beings; To be considered trafficking in persons, a situation must meet three conditions: act (i.e., recruitment), means (i.e., through the use of force or deception) and purpose (i.e., for the purpose of forced labour)
Australian crime articles by quality (19 C, 1 P) Pages in category "WikiProject Australian crime articles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,384 total.
Wee Quay Tan, who had entered Australia using a stolen passport in the name of Chin Kwang Lee. Of unclear origin but possibly of Burmese Chinese background and raised in Singapore by a group of men involved in heroin trafficking, later living in Bangkok. Previously arrested and jailed in Denmark for heroin trafficking, before escaping from ...
According to the Australian Crime Commission, there has been a noticeable increase in the involvement of Vietnamese crime groups in recent years." [ 89 ] Community impact: "Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Australia and generally easily available.
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