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Sex Trafficking in Bay of Plenty, Tauranga District (2010)

A sex trafficking case from 2010 in Bay of Plenty, Tauranga District, New Zealand.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

A 19 year old male New Zealand national, prostituted his 15 year old girlfriend in order to earn money for his drug addiction. It was their only source of income, and he took from her all the money she earned. It is reported that she was "scared of him". The girl worked 3-4 nights a week, servicing 1-3 Johns a night. The man would escort her to her clients, and afterwards would give the money she earned over to him. The relationship ended in June 2007, but over the following month the man sent the girl numerous offensive text messages before being arrested.

Response and intervention

The man was arrested by law enforcement and sentenced in Tauranga District Court. He was charged with "receiving earnings from a person under 18 years", "charge of using a telephone to offend", and "resisting arrest". The presiding Judge said the girl had been "plainly vulnerable" and had been a victim of abuse of trust. He was sentenced to 2 years jail. United States Department of State, "Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, New Zealand, 16 June 2009". Bay of Plenty Times Newspaper, "Two Years Jail for Pimping Girlfriend" by Sandra Conchie, 22 December 2008.

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CSEC2008

New Zealand, New Zealand, 2008

New Zealand NZ

One brothel owner was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, one was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. The secretary of the latter owner was sentenced to 180 hours of community service, and the client was sentenced to one to two years' imprisonment.

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Sex Trafficking2005

New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, 2005

New Zealand NZ

A 60 yr old male New Zealand National and brothel-keeper (Michael Hastie), reportedly to have been involved in the escort industry for 26 years, coerced a 15 year old female New Zealand National to work as a prostitute in his home. The girl was deemed to be lured by the perpetrator after he admitted to booking and paying for the girl's bus ticket into the area. The perpetrator had sex with the victim before coercing her to work as a prostitute, from which he took a cut of the earnings. The perpetrator was charged but found not guilty to supplying cannabis to the victim.

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