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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’.
Sex Trafficking2010
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After being arrested for "sexual servitude," Ms Netthip also pleaded guilty to a number of immigration offences. Ms Netthip was sentenced on 30 July 2010 to two years and three months imprisonment for the sexual servitude offences, with a non-parole period of 13 months. In relation to the migration offences she received a three-and-a-half year good behaviour bond. As stated above, between about August 2005 and March 2008, Ms Netthip conducted a business through which she organised the placement of 11 Thai women in brothels in Australian cities, including Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. Each women was recruited in Thailand. A Thai facilitator arranged passports and visas and made travel arrangements. Each women agreed that, once in Australia, she would repay a "debt" of $53,000. On average, a complainant took about six months to repay her debt. Ms Namthip Netthip worked to fraudulently assist the Thai women to receive refugee status in Australia. Ms Netthip provided her with false factual information about the conditions that they had experienced in Thailand. The offender coached complainants about the manner in which they should respond to questions posed by DIAC officers. Once one of the Thai women had applied for a protection visa, she was entitled to work while she awaited the outcome of the immigration assessment. This incident was reported by the Media in Australia, see, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/.htm and by the University of Queensland - TC Beirne School of Law - Human Trafficking Working Group - Case Reports - Case Name - R v Namthip Netthip - current on August 12, 2010. For further information see the court report at the following address - http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/dcjudgments/2010nswdc.nsf//086afd561dfad40fca2577700002d911?opendocument