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Gold Coast, Australia, Australia

He recruited Thai prostitutes and brought them to Australia on false pretences. The women went over to Australia knowing that they were going to be prostitutes and they agreed to come since they wanted to make money for their children in Thailand to give them a better life. He earned up to $1000 a day from the women and only gave them $20 for their expenses and use of a room. The women had to work whether they wanted to our not and do things that they did not feel comfortable doing, he would became verbally abusive towards them and threatened them that he was their visa sponsor and they could not leave. He deceived them about the amount of hours they would work and how much money they would earnHe pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking, it totally he received five years for human trafficking, with 22 months non-parole period. http://www.law.uq.edu.au/documents/humantraffic/case-reports/dobie.pdf

Location
Australia · Gold Coast, Australia · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The women sought help from an unknown source http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/23/2453912.htm?site=local The victims sought help from an unknown third party and from the police when she realized that she would not be getting what she was promised. Keith also got caught trying to bring in two more Thai nationals into Australia.

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