Spring Hill, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Australia
The victim was asked by a school friend to move into her apartment with her boyfriend (the trafficker) after the victim had a fight with her family. When the victim moved in the couple forced the teenager into prostitution so they could pay their rent. She was told that if she didn’t do this she would be on the streets. Using a credit card the man put 2 advertisements in a Brisbane paper and then drove the girl to appointments of people who responded. In the span of the week she had 5 sexual encounters, one with a 25 yr old woman and the others with men aged between 40 and 60. She earned $4500 for the couple but received only a free room in the apartment and buckets of chicken nuggets.
Location
Australia · Spring Hill, Brisbane, QLD, Australia · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The man was arrested and charged. He pleaded guilty to one count of procuring a child for prostitution and aggravated participation in the provision of prostitution. He was sentenced to two and a half years jail, suspended after he spent nine months in custody.
The victim notified a school guidance counsellor and this person informed the police
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