The migration agent and the Liberal ministers:How one man gamed Australia’s visa system

The migration agent and the Liberal ministers:How one man gamed Australia’s visa system

A company run by Jack Ta,who boasted of “cosy” dinners with former Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton,has been used by more than a dozen drug offenders to remain in Australia on bogus asylum seeker claims.

  • byNick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger

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‘Full power’:How Brazilian criminals set up an Australian sex-trafficking business

‘Full power’:How Brazilian criminals set up an Australian sex-trafficking business

A court case in South America has revealed how women are smuggled into Australia as part of an elaborate international sex-trafficking ring.

  • byNick McKenzie
Australian colleges identified in allegedly helping women enter country to work in sex industry

Australian colleges identified in allegedly helping women enter country to work in sex industry

More than a dozen education providers have been identified as allegedly “corrupt” by investigators probing the sex industry.

  • byNick McKenzie
Watchdog granted licence to a business used by ‘money launderers’

Watchdog granted licence to a business used by ‘money launderers’

The company got a green light to move money into and out of Australia despite intelligence warnings and the prosecution of a related business in New Zealand.

  • byNick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger
‘It’s easy’:Migration agents offering fake visas for $500 a month

‘It’s easy’:Migration agents offering fake visas for $500 a month

Undercover recordings expose flaws in the immigration system despite years of warnings to the federal government.

  • byNick McKenzie,Amelia Ballinger andWing Kuang
‘Repulsive abuses of human rights’:Alleged human trafficking kingpin under investigation

‘Repulsive abuses of human rights’:Alleged human trafficking kingpin under investigation

Binjun Xie,the alleged boss of a human trafficking ring,is now the focus of an investigation by Australian law enforcement agencies and facing deportation.

  • byLisa Visentin andLachlan Abbott
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Gaps in migration system need to be quickly plugged
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Gaps in migration system need to be quickly plugged

Failures of the Immigration and Home Affairs departments have allowed a crime boss to enter and operate in Australia after his release from jail in Britain.

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‘I begged him for my life. I cried begging him to open the door’

‘I begged him for my life. I cried begging him to open the door’

Karen was smuggled into Australia from South Korea for sex work and was sent to a brothel where she was made to work up to 25 hours in a row. She narrowly escaped with her life.

  • byNick McKenzie
Trafficked:Women shunted ‘like cattle’ around Australia for sex work

Trafficked:Women shunted ‘like cattle’ around Australia for sex work

An international investigation has revealed the identity of the Australia-based Mr Big running a human trafficking ring and an illegal sex racket.

  • byNick McKenzie,Amelia Ballinger andJoel Tozer