Melbourne man charged over alleged plan to traffic woman and children to Pakistan
A 37-year-old man has been charged in Melbourne over an alleged plan to traffic a woman and her two young children from Australia to Pakistan. Police say he threatened the woman to make her travel, and that officers intervened before the group’s planned departure.
The investigation began on 10 June after a member of the public raised concerns. Police located and separated the group, then seized a phone, laptop and documents during searches in Glenroy; the material is being examined. The man appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court and faces a charge carrying a maximum 12-year prison sentence. The case follows a separate recent charge in Sydney involving allegations that a man deceived his wife into travelling to Pakistan and kept her travel documents.
- Melbourne police intervened before a woman and two children could leave Australia.
- A 37-year-old man is charged with coercive exit trafficking.
- The charge carries a maximum sentence of 12 years.
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Human trafficking involves controlling or moving people for exploitation, and can include using threats or deception to make someone travel. Australian police investigate suspected trafficking, while courts decide whether charges are proved.
In this case, the people at the centre are a Melbourne man, a woman and her two young children; police say the man threatened the woman over a planned trip to Pakistan. The case matters because it concerns the safety and freedom of a family, and how Australian authorities respond to alleged coercion across borders. A separate Sydney case has also involved allegations connected to travel to Pakistan.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Another Pakistani man charged over alleged plot to traffic a woman out of Australia – this time with her two young children”.