Sex slavery case in Melbourne

25 April 2009 - 8:01pm

The case Ho, Ho, Hoo and Rahardjo is currently being prosecuted in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The men are accused of enslaving Thai women in two brothels in Melbourne. It is alleged the women were each forced to serve between 650 and 750 'clients' in the brothels to pay the traffickers $90,000, had their freedom of movement severely curtailed, were constantly under surveillance, and had their passports confiscated. The women were paid only $5 per client and were required to stay at the brothels after they had completed 650-750 clients.
Women told to have sex with 750 men court hears, Liz Hobday, ABC news, April 22 2009
 
Women told to 'service 750 men', AAP, April 22 2009
 
Sex workers 'were $5 slaves', Victorian Supreme Court hears, Shelley Hadfield, The Herald-Sun, April 22, 2009
 
Thai women 'caught in Melbourne sex slave scheme', Shelley Hadfield, The Herald-Sun, April 23 2009
 
Prostitutes likened to AFL draftees in trial, Kate Lahey, The Age, April 23 2009

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