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Australia
is a destination country for persons seeking to migrate in order to improve their socio-economic status. As a highly developed
first world nation with an increasing shortage of labour, Australia presents an attractive opportunity for migrants to work
in various sectors, but in the Australian context, unskilled or semi-skilled people are especially vulnerable to trafficking. Due to very few opportunities for legal entry into this country, many people from developing countries are vulnerable to exploitation;
as such people are frequently deceived by traffickers about opportunities to work legally in
Australia
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Australian authorities believe that traffickers are primarily of individual operators or small crime groups that often rely
on larger organized crime groups to procure fraudulent documentation. Lured into the country with promises of good jobs, trafficked
persons on their arrival are coerced to work in bad conditions and for little or no pay. According to the Australian Crime
Commission, deceptive practices in contract terms and conditions appeared to be increasing among women in prostitution, while
deceptive recruiting practices appeared to be decreasing.
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