Logan West Leader
Kylie Forsyth
May 25, 2009
After a decade of policing in Logan, Paul Biggin is looking forward to taking up a new challenge with his promotion to Inspector of Mt Isa Police District. Here, he tells the Kylie Forsyth about his 23 years as a police officer and what he’ll miss most about working in Logan West. read more..
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mark Russell
May 24, 2009
CHILD-TRAFFICKING gangs were moving pregnant women from country to country, then waiting for them to give birth before selling their babies, Australia’s chief federal magistrate said yesterday.
John Pascoe said the infants were being sold mainly for illegal adoption but also for sexual exploitation, slavery and begging.
He said demand for babies who only knew their adoptive parents was high. “More importantly, the children have no official identity or proven nationality and, therefore, an identity can be easily forged to suit the purpose for which they are intended,” Mr Pascoe said in Singapore, addressing a conference on the trafficking in unborn children. read more..
Trading Lives
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no slavery & hence no slaves."
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As caretakers of the land and custodians of the stories their culture has survived for thousands of years and is now recognised as the oldest living culture in the world.
