First Sex Slavery Convictions
The conviction was under anti-slavery laws. This article makes no mention of “sexual slavery laws,” but slavery is slavery in any form. I hope it sticks and holds and even expands. Without these laws, the most they may have against them is a charge they would apply to pimps or prostitutes, which in many places is a misdemeanor.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court has reinstated the first convictions under the nation’s sex slavery laws in a test case with ramifications for future prosecutions.
The High Court on Thursday upheld a prosecution appeal against a lower court decision that overturned a brothel owner’s convictions and 10-year prison sentence for enslaving five Thai prostitutes.
Melbourne madam Wei Tang was convicted by a jury in 2006 of five counts of possessing a slave and five counts of exercising a power of ownership over a slave.
The 44-year-old Australian was the first to be convicted under anti-slavery laws passed by federal parliament in 1999.
Source: CNN
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