According to an investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald, a number of Hong Kong women are entrapped in Sydney brothels, where they are forced to work up to 20 hours a day and take illegal drugs like crystal meth with their customers.
Hong Kong’s human-trafficking laws were slammed as “narrow and fragmented” since many of these women were brought to Australia on student visas or tourist visas obtained via Hong Kong travel agencies, which are suspected to be complicit. Although many of these women go voluntarily and knew they would be working in the sex industry, they were given false pretences and were lured into it by the promise of rich clients and an enjoyable lifestyle when the reality was 16-hour days, drug addiction, and poor living conditions.
Source: SCMP
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