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Australia

Australian Federal Police Transnational Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Team

Address

Australian Federal Police
National Headquarters
68 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601
PO Box 401 Canberra City ACT 2601
Australia

Contact Information

If calling from Australia:

Tel: 02 6223 3000

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +61 2 6223 3000

Website

http://www.afp.gov.au

Email

tsett@afp.gov.au

Activities

The Transnational Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Team (TSETT) was established in October 2003 to investigate claims of slavery, sexual servitude and child sex tourism. The team is highly mobile, intelligence-driven, and able to respond flexibly and quickly to emerging cases anywhere in Australia.

Australian Policing Strategy

Through the Australasian Police Ministers’ Council (APMC), the Australian Government, States and Territories are developing a national policing strategy to combat trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual servitude. The Strategy has six elements:

Prevention
Capacity and Resources
Victim Assistance
Partnerships
Training and Education
Regulation and Legislation

The Strategy provides a national framework for police services to combat people trafficking for sexual servitude. It outlines the range of issues that police services can consider in their response to this problem, including identifying and sharing best practices, particularly in investigations, training, partnerships and victim support.

AFP’s international efforts

The AFP International Network also has members posted to key regional locations, including Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, and a Transnational Crime Coordinator in Bangkok.

In 2001, the AFP established a Joint People Smuggling Investigation Team in Bangkok. The team is located in the Immigration Bureau of the Royal Thai Police and has evolved to take on a transnational crime coordination role, with an emphasis on human trafficking as well as people smuggling.

In September 2002, the AFP also established an AFP/Cambodian Joint Transnational Crime Investigation Team in Phnom Penh. The team provides the AFP with a framework to facilitate its fight against transnational crime, including slavery and sexual servitude.