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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

Man who ‘discarded’ wife after tricking her into leaving Australia jailed for exit trafficking

Signage outside the County Court of Victoria.
The man is the first Victorian to be found guilty of exit trafficking, after a county court trial. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

A Victorian man who tricked his wife into travelling to Sudan before taking her children and passport back to Australia has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

After a county court trial, the 52-year-old man in April became the first Victorian convicted of exit trafficking – where someone is coerced, threatened or tricked into leaving Australia against their will.

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