Woman trafficked from Australia to Sudan describes ‘agonising struggle’ to reunite with her children

Court hears victim impact statement after Victorian man convicted of exit trafficking his former wife

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The former wife of a Victorian man convicted of trafficking her overseas and abandoning her in Sudan without her passport says she lives in “constant fear” and the separation from her children was the “most devastating experience of my life”.

The man, 52, in April became the first Victorian convicted of exit trafficking – where someone is coerced, threatened or tricked into leaving Australia against their will. A Victorian county court jury found him guilty of the federal offence after a month-long trial.