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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]
Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005: 15 December 2024: Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006. [17] Myuran Sukumaran: Auburn, New South Wales: Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005: Executed: Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006. Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015. [17] Renae Lawrence: Newcastle, New South Wales: Drug ...
An Australian man has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for leaving his wife stranded in Sudan without a passport.. Mohamed Ahmed Omer, 52, a Sudanese-born Australian citizen has ...
The program also established the Australian Domestic Violence Clearinghouse, which gathers research and publications from each state and territory of Australia and internationally. [16] In 1997–2001, the National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme was initiated by the government, providing A$6 million over the 4-year period.
SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) -Australian police said on Tuesday a 43-year-old man had been charged with allegedly trafficking a teenager from Indonesia for sex work, while a woman was arrested in ...
Alexander Zverev’s Australian Open final speech was interrupted by an audience member expressing support for two of his ex-girlfriends, who have accused him of domestic violence.. After losing ...
In Australia, 17% of women and 6.1% of men have experienced intimate partner violence since the age of 15. 23% of women and 16% of men have experienced emotional abuse since the age of 15. [16] It was also reported in 2018 that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic violence than ...
As Australia grapples with a wave of violence against women, one state has appointed a parliamentary secretary for men’s behavior change. New Australian official tasked with tackling the cause ...