Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Operational activity under this Determination is not led by the ACC, rather the
Determination is designed to complement partner agencies’ investigative efforts.
People Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation (PTSE) is an increasingly prevalent crime
that generates continued profits for criminals. The trafficking of women to work in
the sex industry is the most common form of people trafficking in many countries. It
often involves a range of other crimes at various stages of the trafficking process,
including immigration offences, identity crimes, fraud, money laundering, tax evasion,
operating illegal brothels, various forms of assault, and may occur within the context
of a legitimate business operation.
Results include:
• Information Collection Plans were developed and provided to the ACC’s Covert
Intelligence section for the identification and development of appropriate human
sources. Two enquires were initiated as a result of this strategy. An Information
Collection Plan is also being developed for distribution to AFP overseas liaison
officers for ongoing international collection;
• an Information Collection Plan has been drafted and is being further developed as
a source document for the National Criminal Intelligence Collection Requirements
process. This will assist in targeting and identifying intelligence gaps in people
trafficking and its relationship with other organised criminal activity;
• briefings were delivered by the ACC to all Australian police agencies, Australian
Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, NSW Crime Commission, Queensland
Crime and Misconduct Commission and DIMIA, as well as to trafficking
investigation courses run by the AFP;
• an informal network was established with law enforcement agencies also
investigating this area of crime; and
• the ACC participated on an Inter-Departmental Committee looking at a whole-of-
Government approach to trafficking in women for sexual exploitation.
50 I ACC ANNUAL REPORT 2003–04