Third Aussie charged with sex slavery

Third Aussie charged with sex slavery

AUSTRALIA: An unemployed man on Thursday became the third person charged under Australian laws prohibiting sexual slavery for allegedly luring three Indonesian women to Sydney and forcing them into prostitution, police said.

Australian Federal Police said they believe the women were brought to Sydney with the promise of jobs in public relations and hospitality but once they arrived were forced to work as prostitutes.

The 36-year-old man, from the inner-Sydney suburb of Ultimo, was charged with three counts of deceiving a person into sexual servitude and one count of possessing a prohibited drug.

Two of his alleged accomplices were charged on Wednesday over the scheme. They were the first persons charged under 1999 federal legislation relating to sexual servitude, authorities said. --AFP