Australia’s first forced marriage conviction

Australian Community Media

A Shepparton woman was sentenced to three years imprisonment for organising the forced marriage of her 20-year-old daughter. The daughter was murdered by her husband in Western Australia in 2020.

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00:00Australia is not immune to forced marriages and this crime type often goes

00:04underreported. This investigation would not have been possible without the

00:08assistance of members of the community including many witnesses who came

00:12forward to police despite community and cultural barriers. The number of human

00:18trafficking complaints to the AFP is on the rise with the AFP receiving 340

00:24reports of these offences in the year 2022-23 with 90 of those being forced

00:31marriage allegations. We hope this conviction highlights how seriously the

00:35AFP takes these matters and its commitment to bringing perpetrators

00:40before the court.

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