# Women allegedly stranded abroad after husbands withhold their passports

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/australian-women-lured-overseas-by-their-husbands-on-family-holidays-before-being-stripped-of-their-passports-and-abandoned-to-become-slaves-for-their-in-laws-hes-back-in-sydney-enjoying/
- Published: 2026-10-24T02:53:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:02:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16210127/Australian-women-lured-overseas-husbands-family-holidays-stripped-passports-abandoned-slaves-laws-Hes-Sydney-enjoying-life.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- Two men face charges in separate alleged exit trafficking cases.
- An advocate says women can be stranded abroad without passports.
- Red Cross referrals for exit trafficking rose 140 per cent from 2024.

## Summary

A women’s safety advocate has warned that some Pakistani and Indian women are allegedly taken from Australia by their husbands under the pretence of family holidays, then left overseas without passports or a way home. The warning follows two men being charged in separate alleged exit trafficking cases, highlighting how coercion can leave women and children stranded and dependent on relatives.

In one case, Sydney man Muhammad Bilal Khan, 35, is accused of taking his wife to Pakistan and withholding her passport; a second man is accused of trying to force a woman and her two children to travel from Melbourne. Yasmin Khan of the Bangle Foundation says some women are expected to serve or care for in-laws, while relationship breakdowns and financial disputes may also be factors alleged by advocates. The Australian Red Cross says referrals to its Support for Trafficked People Program for exit trafficking rose 140 per cent from 2024.

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