Case Summary: Sexual Slavery-R Vs Tang

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In article one, ‘Sexual Slavery - R v Tang’, Wei Tang, the owner of a Melbourne brothel is accused of possessing and holding power over five Thai slaves. The accused brought the slaves into Australia through illegal visas and kept the women under the impression that they would be able to work in the brothel legally, for income. However, instead charged a huge debt that they would work for to pay for. Their passports and return tickets were hidden, they didn’t know English, had no money and remained hidden from the illegal immigration forces. Wei Tang was aware that women were slaves, notwithstanding, still committed the atrocity.
The case transpired, from August 2002 - May 2003, but wasn't taken to the High Court of Australia till 2006, where

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