Investigators need to rely less on testimony and more on following money trails if modern slavery convictions are to improve.
A report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, commissioned by the Anti-Slavery Commissioner, says just a handful of cases are proven through the justice system each year.
Only 41 people were convicted of modern slavery crimes in the two decades to 2025, with debt bondage, person trafficking and servitude among the toughest crimes to prove.
