Case Studies
Forced Marriage in Melbourne
Melbourne Magistrate Court Charges Cleric In early January 2017 a Melbourne Magistrate Court charged a cleric over the forced marriage of a child. The marriage took…
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Breaking the Chain of Forced Marriage
Jasvinda’s Story At the age of 16 Jasvinder Sanghera took a brave step running away from home in order to avoid a forced marriage. Since…
Read MoreSlavery in Supply Chains
Do You Know Where Your Clothes Come From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvVlFJvHB-k Walk Free has produced this video clip to inform consumers about the power they have to…
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Stop Trafficking!
Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 14 No 7 The latest issue of Stop Trafficking highlights the topics covered in the 2016 Trafficking in Person’s (TIP) Report.…
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Human Trafficking is Not to be Tolerated
2016 Trafficking in Person Report In launching the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report US Secretary of State John Kerry made the following remarks: “When we talk…
Read MoreVoices of Women – I Don’t
Forced Marriage in Australia Despite being illegal, forced marriage is practiced in Australia. As a community we are starting to understand both the nature and…
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Child Trafficking After Earthquake
Child Traffickers Target Vulnerable Children When a 7.6 quake caused huge loss of life and devastation of homes child traffickers took advantage of children who…
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Second Child Trafficking Conviction in Australia
Father Abuses Twin Girls A Victorian man has been convicted of thirty seven charges including two counts of child trafficking and twenty of incest. He paid an…
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Stop Trafficking!
Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 14 No 5 The May 2016 issue of Stop Trafficking is now available. It highlights aspects of labour trafficking and methods…
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Report of Interdepartmental Committee on Human Trafficking
Australian Government Response to Trafficking in Persons The seventh report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Human Trafficking and Slavery was tabled in Federal Parliament recently.…
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Increase in Exit Trafficking
A recent article in The Guardian reports that exit trafficking is on the rise with 30 cases being reported to the Australian Federal Police in…
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Exit Trafficking Conviction
In April 2024 a Victorian court found a man guilty of exit trafficking after he stranded his wife overseas. The man was in an arranged…
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Vulnerable Migrant Workers
Exploitation of vulnerable workers is a major problem in Australia. Migrant communities are at heightened risk of exploitation given the range of economic and linguistic vulnerabilities…
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Slavery Exists in Australia
The ABC recently ran an article on Modern Slavery in Australia, which featured Aranya’s story (name changed for privacy) of modern slavery for sexual exploitation…
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Supporting women and Girls
In 2021 the theme for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (31st July) was Victim Voices Lead the Way. To mark this day the…
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Domestic Servitude Conviction
A Melbourne husband and wife who held a woman in slavery in their home for eight years have been jailed. This is the first time…
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Exposing Modern Slavery
Due to Covid-19 restrictions the 2021 ACRATH National Conference was held as an online event over three weeks. The theme for the final session of…
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Carer Kept as Slave
A Sydney couple have pleaded guilty to charges of forced labour and harbouring a person. In court it was revealed the couple paid for a…
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Temporary Migrants During Covid-19
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic ACRATH has been concerned for migrant workers and international students and their vulnerability to exploitation. UTS Law’s A/Prof Laurie Berg and…
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Support for Workers in Queensland
ACRATH’s Regional Coordinator in Queensland, Sr Janine Bliss fmm, has been spending a good bit of time in the Bundaberg area supporting seasonal workers in…
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