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Edgecliff, NSW 2007, Australia, Australia

Father had legal custody and reported the case to the Police and took his daughter into the station for an interview. The girl says she was subjected to physical and mental abuse and forced to take illicit drugs. The Mother initially denied any knowledge of the claims, then changed her mind and pleaded guilty. The victim, whose identity has been kept confidential, said that she is heartbroken by the actions of her mother. She has also described how her mother’s betrayal left her incapable of trusting anyone and caused her to self-harm. The girl, then 16, was put on a train from Wollongong and sent to work at a brothel in Edgecliff, close to Sydney. The brothel was described by Judge Paul Conlon as ‘a high class agency, however frequented by low class individuals’.

Location
Australia · Edgecliff, NSW 2007, Australia · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Mother pleaded guilty and was given a discount on sentence. Mother was sentenced to serve at least 18 months' jail after pleading guilty to charges of obtaining a benefit from child prostitution and causing a child to participate in prostitution in Wollongong District Court – Judge Paul Conlon. Media report: ABC Journalist – Nick McLaren - Senior Journalist, ABC Illawarra Court Report Wollongong District Court – and subsequent article http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/19/.htm and The University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law – Human Trafficking Working Group - Case Report – Oct. 19, 2010 - Author - Andrew Drummond

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