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