INSIGHTS 21 PODCAST S2E238 Exposing human trafficking ring hidden in plain sight 2022

INSIGHTS 21 PODCAST S2E238 Exposing an international human trafficking ring hidden in plain sight | 60 Minutes Australia 2022

Trafficked (2022)

When reporter Nick McKenzie received a tip-off about this story last year, he couldn’t believe what he was being told. Twelve months of investigating though has not only confirmed it, but also established it is much worse than he first thought. In a joint 60 MINUTES, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald special report, McKenzie exposes what could be one of Australia’s largest human trafficking operations. What he has discovered are vulnerable Asian woman being coerced into enduring shocking conditions as sex workers. In fact, their treatment is so poor that even police admit not enough is being done to help them. Meanwhile the crime bosses make huge profits off this multi-million-dollar industry, while making a mockery of Australia’s supposedly strict border security.

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