A forced labor case from 2024 in Central Australia, Australia. 1 source on file.
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Vanuatu workers employed under the PALM scheme on a sweet-potato farm were allegedly subjected to unlawful wage deductions. Between January and March 2022, 29 employees were fined $500 each for alleged breaches of an employer alcohol policy, totalling $14,500. Some workers were left with approximately $150 net pay for a week after deductions.
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The Fair Work Ombudsman launched its investigation after recieving information from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Workplace inspectors visited the former Mitsibishi site twice in January, three times in February and once in May and interviewed the workers, China SNAN lawyers and Mitsibishi representatives.
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There was conviction of: Possessing a Slave Exercising ownership over a Slave Arranging a Marriage for Visa Purposes Rape and Sexual Assault (see www.law.uq.edu.au/humantrafficking)
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Australian Police Department of Immigration and Citizenship The case was tried by the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2007. Appealed in 2008. Retried in February 2010 in the Cairns Supreme Court. Ms. Melita Kovacs (now divorced from Zoltan Kovacs) was found guilty of intentionally possessing a slave and intentionally exercising ownership over / using a slave. Mr. Zoltan Kovacs pleaded guilty to the same charges.