the Australian Institute of Criminology

'Extremely traumatising': Modern slavery victims let down by police, courts

Modern slavery victims let down by justice system, with 1pc of reports resulting in convictions Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 6:58am In short: A new national report prepared for the office of the Australian anti-slavery commissioner has found modern slavery victims are being let down by the justice system. About 1 per cent of modern slavery reports result in convictions. One victim-survivor says there needs to be a better understanding among police of what constitutes exploitation.