Australian Court Jails Woman For Keeping Thai Sex Slaves

[Jai Dee]

Australian court jails woman for keeping Thai sex slaves

MELBOURNE - An Australian court sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison on Friday for making five Thai women work as sex slaves in a brothel.

Tang Wei, 44, is the first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves, under federal anti-slavery laws introduced in 1999.

During the eight-week trial at the Victorian County Court, the prosecution said the five women were brought to Australia with the promise they would be able to work legally in the sex trade.

Full story from The Nation here.

[Jai Dee]

Woman jailed for keeping sex slaves

THE first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves has been jailed for 10 years.

A Victorian County Court jury found Wei Tang, 44, guilty of five charges of possessing a slave and five of owning a slave.

Tang, of Fitzroy, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Judge Michael McInerney today sentenced her to 10 years' jail, with a minimum term of six years.

During the eight-week trial the prosecution said five Thai women, who cannot be named, were brought into Australia with the promise they would eventually be able to work legally in the sex trade.

But the women were told they first had to work off a debt of about $45,000 each, which meant performing sex acts for no pay.

The women worked at Tang's brothel, Club 417 in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in Melbourne's inner north, and the offences took place between August 2002 and May 2003.

Judge McInerney said while the women were not kept under lock and key, they could not run away as they had no money, no passport, limited English and were told to avoid immigration authorities.

He said he also took into account that Tang had no prior convictions and the five victims were well provided for and fed.

Tang was one of the first people charged under federal anti-slavery laws introduced in 1999.

She is the first person to be found guilty by a jury of the offences under the legislation.

Source: Daily Telegraph - June 09, 2006

[Jai Dee]

Jailed: Wei Tang - photo from the HeraldSun

[britmaveric]

Well 6yrs in prison - should sort her out.

[Toni]

Australian court jails woman for keeping Thai sex slaves

MELBOURNE - An Australian court sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison on Friday for making five Thai women work as sex slaves in a brothel.

Tang Wei, 44, is the first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves, under federal anti-slavery laws introduced in 1999.

During the eight-week trial at the Victorian County Court, the prosecution said the five women were brought to Australia with the promise they would be able to work legally in the sex trade.

Full story from The Nation here.

found this in some forum as an ad in the middle of last year.

[stumonster]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...97-1702,00.html

Judge McInerney said he took into account that Tang had no prior convictions and the harsh background she endured in China as a daughter of a banker until she moved to Australia in 1998.

[ratcatcher]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...97-1702,00.html

Judge McInerney said he took into account that Tang had no prior convictions and the harsh background she endured in China as a daughter of a banker until she moved to Australia in 1998.

<deleted> has the got to do with anything. The btich wa s charged with using them as slaves.

Too bad about her Chinese background and her abusive wakner father.

Edited June 9, 2006 by ratcatcher

[NovaBlue05]

Jailed: Wei Tang - photo from the HeraldSun

She certainly looks like heidi fleiss in the photo

[h90]

Australian court jails woman for keeping Thai sex slaves

MELBOURNE - An Australian court sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison on Friday for making five Thai women work as sex slaves in a brothel.

Tang Wei, 44, is the first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves, under federal anti-slavery laws introduced in 1999.

During the eight-week trial at the Victorian County Court, the prosecution said the five women were brought to Australia with the promise they would be able to work legally in the sex trade.

Full story from The Nation here.

found this in some forum as an ad in the middle of last year.

yes that in the forum is terrible! The fake the product status. I really doubt that they are "New" sure "used" would be better

[khall64au]

And another case................

Sex slave raid on cell under brothel

Les Kennedy

June 9, 2006

FOUR Thai women were forced into prostitution and held against their will in a secret room underneath a Sydney brothel, a court has heard.

The women, all Thai nationals aged between 27 and 44, were found cowering in the bare room by Australian Federal Police and NSW Police during a raid with Department of Immigration officers on a Canley Heights premises yesterday.

Brief details of the forced incarceration were revealed when Trevor McIvor, 58, and a Thai woman, Kanokporn Tanuchit, 40, faced Central Local Court charged with 32 counts of allegedly holding the women against their will to work as sex slaves.

In a statement of facts tendered to magistrate Julie Huber, police alleged the pair, both of Canley Heights, held the women, whose names were withheld, to "contracts" that forced them into prostitution in a brothel above the hidden room between May 19 and June 2.

The couple each faced 16 separate charges of the 32 offences laid: 26 of which related to the sexual servitude provisions in the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act.

They were also charged with three counts each of detaining for advantage in company under the NSW Crimes Act.

The federal police's Mike Phelan said it was the first time federal officers had used a recent amendment to Commonwealth legislation under the sexual servitude provisions to charge someone with causing an individual to enter into debt bondage.

"This case highlights the effectiveness of this legislation in order for the AFP to be able to prevent women being brought to Australia, held against their will and used as sex slaves," said Mr Phelan, national manager of the border and international network.

McIvor and Tanuchit were granted bail in the sum of $50,000 surety, with orders to surrender their passports and not approach the women, who were in the care of the Department of Immigration.

Both were ordered to reappear before Downing Centre Local Court on August 8.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

[kayo]

Jailed: Wei Tang - photo from the HeraldSun

Part of the Jackson clan ???

[Jai Dee]

Update:

Australian court upholds sex slavery convictions

A brothel owner who smuggled five Thai women into Australia to be prostitutes had her conviction and 10-year sentence for sex slavery upheld by the High Court on Thursday in the first case of its kind in the country.

Wei Tang, 44, was convicted by a jury in 2006 of five counts of possessing a slave and five counts of exercising power of ownership over a slave between August 2002 and May 2003.

The Australian was the first to be convicted under anti-slavery laws passed by federal parliament in 1999.

Tang was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for enslaving five Thai women whom she smuggled into the southern city of Melbourne with the promise that they would be able to work legally in the sex trade and send money home to their families.

Tang used falsified visas to bring the women to her legal brothel, then forced each one to work off a debt of 45,000 Australian dollars (US$34,440) by performing sex acts for no pay six days a week.

The Victoria state Court of Appeal overturned the convictions after ruling the trial judge had not correctly directed the jury on how to reach their verdicts.

But six of the seven judges on the High Court reinstated the convictions and the 10-year sentence Thursday.

Kathleen Maltzahn, a founding director of the anti-human trafficking group Project Respect, said the court decision would lead to more successful prosecutions.

"There's a very clear definition now of slavery which police can rely on so they can absolutely step up prosecutions," Maltzahn said.

Source: AP - 28 August 2008

[sylviex]

Looking at the Australian newspapers online, I see the following program advertised for this evening's television viewing.

Maybe Australian or UK made ?

Matrioshki: Thai Sex Trade

Traffickers Ray and Eddy are released from prison after three years, only to discover their former partner-in-crime, Jan, has taken off with all of their money to Pattaya, Thailand. But when they fly to Thailand to claim back what's theirs, Jan instead, offers them four young Thai girls. The pair soon realises things have changed in the last three years as new players muscle in on the market and ruthless Eastern European gangs want their piece of the cake. As prices for girls drop, the Belgian traffickers fly to Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania where, by skipping the local middleman, they can buy as cheap as possible. Peter van den Begin, Axel Daeseleire and Viktorya Kosova. English, Flemish, Russian and Thai .

Genre: Drama

Edited August 29, 2008 by sylviex

[sassienie]

These Thai women were prepared to work prostitutes anyway.

Whether it be a pimp, prostitute or brothel owner should know that there are extreme risks involved with working in the sex industry for many and obvious reasons.

These Thai prostitutes are undesirables that had been taken advantage of by some other undesirables.

Sorry, my sympathy level for these girls is, minus 10.

[Scott]

My sympathy is pretty much at about minus 10 as well.

[roygsd]

Well 6yrs in prison - should sort her out.

I am sorry that there is no mention of any requirement for all her ill gotten gains being taken from her before she is released or she has to do the full 10 + more for failing to pay up.

roy gsd

[roygsd]

Australian court jails woman for keeping Thai sex slaves

MELBOURNE - An Australian court sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison on Friday for making five Thai women work as sex slaves in a brothel.

Tang Wei, 44, is the first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves, under federal anti-slavery laws introduced in 1999.

During the eight-week trial at the Victorian County Court, the prosecution said the five women were brought to Australia with the promise they would be able to work legally in the sex trade.

Full story from The Nation here.

found this in some forum as an ad in the middle of last year.

Hi,

why did you kept the ad?

roy gsd

[roygsd]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...97-1702,00.html

Judge McInerney said he took into account that Tang had no prior convictions and the harsh background she endured in China as a daughter of a banker until she moved to Australia in 1998.

NO deportation Order then?

roy gsd

[roygsd]

These Thai women were prepared to work prostitutes anyway.

Whether it be a pimp, prostitute or brothel owner should know that there are extreme risks involved with working in the sex industry for many and obvious reasons.

These Thai prostitutes are undesirables that had been taken advantage of by some other undesirables.

Sorry, my sympathy level for these girls is, minus 10.

You are not sorry, just a sorry excuse for a human being

roy gsd

[roygsd]

My sympathy is pretty much at about minus 10 as well.

As above post to you also.

roy gsd

[cloudhopper]

Right on Roy!

Many young, uneducated and desperate women are misled or forced into prostitution and are deserving of our compassion, not condemnation.

[TexasRanger]

And many are quite happy to sell their wares because they are too lazy to earn money in other areas

[jackspratt]

And many are quite happy to sell their wares because they are too lazy to earn money in other areas

But apparently not in this case - which after all, is what we are talking about.

Or do you have a better understanding than the Australian court?

[LaoPo]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...97-1702,00.html

Judge McInerney said he took into account that Tang had no prior convictions and the harsh background she endured in China as a daughter of a banker until she moved to Australia in 1998.

NO deportation Order then?

roy gsd

And why do you keep asking questions ?.....

...if these postings are from more than 2 years ago ?

LaoPo

[sylviex]

There's a similar story running currently.

(Perhaps the "related stories" at the bottom of the page sometimes get us clicking on old threads.)

This is from BKK Post today:

Sydney (Agencies) - A Thai woman was sentenced to 11 yearsz in prison on Friday and her Australian husband got 12 years for forcing five Thai women to work in their brothel as prostitutes.

Kanokporn Tanuchit, 42, and husband Trevor McIvor, 61, kept the sex slaves locked up in one of two Sydney-area brothels they ran, the victims told the court. One described the couple in her diary as "bad people without conscience."

District Court Judge Ken Taylor said the couple were motivated entirely by greed. They were the first Sydney residents to be convicted and sentenced under a new sexual servitude law.

The women said that they worked as long as 18 hours a day with no days off, and that McIvor and his wife took away their passports.

One said that she serviced almost 1,200 clients in 10 months. Tanuchit pressured her to use the drug ice or yaa baa, crystal methamphetamine, and told her she was "fat and ugly."

[Buchholz]

Sydney (Agencies) - A Thai woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday and her Australian husband got 12 years for forcing five Thai women to work in their brothel as prostitutes.

Kanokporn Tanuchit, 42, and husband Trevor McIvor, 61, kept the sex slaves locked up in one of two Sydney-area brothels they ran, the victims told the court. One described the couple in her diary as "bad people without conscience."

District Court Judge Ken Taylor said the couple were motivated entirely by greed. They were the first Sydney residents to be convicted and sentenced under a new sexual servitude law.

The women said that they worked as long as 18 hours a day with no days off, and that McIvor and his wife took away their passports.

One said that she serviced almost 1,200 clients in 10 months. Tanuchit pressured her to use the drug ice or yaa baa, crystal methamphetamine, and told her she was "fat and ugly."

Case update :

Couple jailed for 7 years for holding five Thai women as sex slaves

A couple in Australia, who held five Thai women as sex slaves in a Fairfield brothel, has been jailed for at least seven years.

Trevor McIvor, 63, and his Thai-born wife, Kanokporn Tanuchit, 42, forced the women to work at their brothel, Marilyns, seven days a week, to pay back a 45,000-dollar debt each was told was the price for a tourist visa.

The women, known by their working names Jasmine, Nicky, Yoko, Suzie and Sophie, were often abused and humiliated. They could not refuse clients, were put at risk of sexually transmitted infections and were forced to work when sick, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Their passports were confiscated, phone access was restricted and Tanuchit told them their families in Thailand would be harmed if they tried to escape.

They escaped after one of the women, Yoko, secretly contacted the Thai consul general in 2006. The police and immigration officials raided the premises the following day and found the women in an unlit locked room.

Judge, Johnathan Williams said the two "traded in human misery and poverty" and their punishment would serve as a warning to others in the "morally reprehensible" sex slave trade.

The pair, who has two young children, was the first people in NSW to be convicted under sexual servitude laws in 2008.

The conviction was quashed on appeal, but in a retrial earlier this year they were found guilty of five counts of possessing a slave and five counts of using a slave.

In the District Court, the defendants were sentenced to a maximum 12 years jail, with a non-parole period of 7 and half years for McIvor and seven years for Tanuchit.

http://www.thailandnews.net/story/721245

ANI - December 18, 2010

Edited December 18, 2010 by Buchholz