This briefing addresses the Australian Border Force Operation Inglenook, first established in late 2022 in response to media claims regarding the exploitation of the visa system within the sex industry, and claims of trafficking and other modern slavery practices. Scarlet Alliance maintains exploitative bosses or fraudulent migration agents can be addressed when sex workers are empowered and supported to report crime, have access to legal migration pathways, and are not at risk of deportation for coming forward.
