Binta Abubakar questioning
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have pressed charges against a woman involved in what they describe as a “disturbing” human trafficking scheme operating between Queensland and Papua New Guinea.

According to authorities, victims were misled with false scholarship offers and subsequently forced into labor as fruit pickers, housed in shipping containers, and disturbingly, transported in car trunks.

Authorities say Binta Abubakar left Australia two years ago but when she returned to Brisbane International Airport yesterday, AFP officers were waiting.
Binta Abubakar questioning
A Queensland woman has been charged over an alleged human trafficking operation targeting people from Papua New Guinea. (9News)

“Police will assert that the woman enticed Papua New Guinea nationals to Australia with the allure of fully funded scholarships,” stated Adria Elfer from the AFP.

Abubakar is described as the CEO of BIN Educational Services and Consulting on its website.

The business acted as an agent for Central Queensland University until 2023 and lists a rundown Victorian property as its office address.

Abubakar, a dual Australian and Nigerian citizen, is accused of exploiting fifteen victims, as young as 19 years old, over a two-year period.

Binta Abubakar
Authorities say Binta Abubakar left Australia two years ago but when she returned to Brisbane International Airport yesterday, AFP officers were waiting. (9News)

“Upon their arrival in Australia, these individuals were coerced into laboring on farms to settle debts they were unaware of beforehand,” Telfer alleged.

Fruit picking in the Moreton Bay and Lockyer Valley regions for up to 70 hours a week, as she allegedly pocketed their wages, unbeknownst to the farmers employing them.

“Some of them at times were living in fairly oppressive conditions, some in the boot of a car,” Telfer claims.

Binta Abubakar
The 56-year-old (in white) is facing 31 charges and if convicted could spend up to 12 years behind bars. (9News)

The 56-year-old is facing 31 charges and if convicted could spend up to 12 years behind bars.

She appeared in court yesterday, and was granted bail.

Police believe there may be more victims, and they’re appealing for them to come forward.

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