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  2. Human trafficking in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The research notes that cases of unreported labour trafficking exist in an environment of broader unlawful conduct perpetrated against migrant workers in Australia. As such, it is important for the anti-trafficking response to consider not only the most extreme instances in isolation, but also the broader environment that is arguably the ...

  3. List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in ...

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    Facilitating the return and acceptance of children who have been victims of cross-border trafficking, with due regard to their safety Prohibiting the trafficking of children (which is defined as being a person under 18 years of age) for purposes of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), exploitative labour practices, or the removal ...

  5. List of High Court of Australia cases - Wikipedia

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    New South Wales v Commonwealth ('Seas and Submerged Lands case) 1975 135 CLR 337 Barwick: 318 Sovereignty over the continental shelf. Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd v Commonwealth: 1976 136 CLR 1 Barwick: 257 prevention of activity within a grant of legislative power Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v Dredge "Willemstad" 1976 136 CLR 529 Barwick: 392

  6. Trafficking of children - Wikipedia

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    The trafficking of children has been internationally recognized as a serious crime that exists in every region of the world and which often has human rights implications. Yet, it is only since 2002 that the prevalence and ramifications of this practice have risen to international prominence, due to a dramatic increase in research and public action.

  7. Maritime drug smuggling into Australia - Wikipedia

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    Maritime drug smuggling into Australia refers to the smuggling of illicit drugs into Australia by sea. While much contemporary Australian media coverage has focused on smaller, more personalised smuggling cases such as the Bali Nine, maritime drug smuggling often allows criminal groups to move illicit drugs and substances into Australia at a much greater scale.

  8. Crime in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia's first civilian crime prevention force was established in August 1789, comprising a twelve-man nightwatch authorised to patrol the settlement at Sydney Cove and with powers "for the apprehending and securing for examination" anyone suspected of "felony, trespass or misdemeanour." [7]

  9. International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic ...

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    The 1921 Convention ensure that protection from trafficking and sexual exploitation on the international level. The Article 6 states that "The High Contracting Parties agree, in case they have not already taken licensing and supervision of employment agencies and offices, to prescribe such regulations as are required to ensure the protection of women and children seeking employment in another ...