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Human trafficking in Australia is illegal under Divisions 270 and 271 of the ''Criminal Code'' (Cth). In September 2005, Australia ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime )〕 Amendments to the Criminal Code were made in 2005 to implement the Protocol.〔''Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Act'' 2005〕 The extent of human trafficking in Australia is difficult to quantify.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Australian Institute of Criminology">url=http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi338.pdf )〕 However, it has been estimates that the number ranges between 300 and 1000 a year.〔()〕 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) lists Australia as one of 21 trafficking destination countries in the high destination category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/HT-globalpatterns-en.pdf )〕 In February 2010, two traffickers were convicted in Cairns Supreme Court on charges of possessing and using a slave after luring a Filipina woman to Australia and enslaving her as a domestic servant and concubine. In late March 2010, a Tasmanian court sentenced one trafficker to ten years’ imprisonment for prostituting 12-year-old girl to more than 100 clients in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Country Narratives )〕 “Suspected victims of trafficking are in a unique position. Like other victims of crime, they may be deeply affected by their experience; but, unlike other victims of crime, they may also have a tenuous migration status in a foreign country, where they may speak little of the language and know only the people who have exploited them. In addition, there is the fear of being identified as a victim of crime. As a result, suspected victims of trafficking can be highly vulnerable and isolated.” Migrant sex workers targeted by anti-trafficking policing in Australia have had their human rights curtailed and their workplaces have been impacted in negative ways. ==Federal legislation== In 1999, the Commonwealth amended the Criminal Code Act 1995 to implement the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime relating to slavery, sexual servitude and deceptive recruiting for sexual services. Offences specifically relating to trafficking in persons were added to the ''Criminal Code'' in 2005 by the ''Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Act'' 2005. The amendment inserted people trafficking and debt bondage offences into the Commonwealth Criminal Code and amended the existing provisions related to deceptive recruiting for sexual services. The amendments reflected the growing recognition that people trafficking is not a problem which is restricted to the sex industry. Criminal Code includes offences and maximum sentences for: * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human trafficking in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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