'A secret hiding in plain sight': Household servant held by Brisbane couple for years, court told

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A Brisbane couple trafficked a domestic servant from Fiji, confiscated her passport and forced the frightened woman to work for them for about $250 a fortnight over a period of eight years, a court hears.

A Brisbane couple trafficked a domestic servant from Fiji, confiscated her passport, and forced the"frightened" woman to work for them for about $250 a fortnight over a period of eight years, a court has heard.The Fijian woman used to work for the Pulini family between 2001 and 2006 when they lived in Tonga, the court hears

The court heard the Pulinis then paid for her flights to Brisbane in 2008 for the purpose of working for them at their Ashgrove home, although she only had a tourist visa. "She didn't get her Fijian passport back from them until 2013 … long after it had expired," Mr Power said.Servant scared of going to jail

"She had very little money — she became very depressed and scared about how long she had been doing this."

 

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