Second Reading Speeches

Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill 2005

Type
Government
Portfolio
Justice and Customs
Originating house
Senate
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Criminal Code Act 1995
and
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to fulfil Australia’s obligations under United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children by criminalising all aspects of trafficking in persons by introducing a number of new and extended offences. Passage of this bill will permit Australian ratification of the Protocol.

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