Woman arrested after allegedly luring people from PNG with fake scholarships

Students 'forced into slavery' with scholarship lure

A woman who allegedly lured PNG students to Australia and used debt bondage to force them to work...

Woman allegedly lured PNG nationals to Australia with fake scholarships

Police allege the 56-year-old woman forced 15 people to work on farms against their will instead of receiving the education they had been promised.

Woman arrested after allegedly luring people from PNG with fake scholarships

The woman was charged after she arrived on a flight into Brisbane Airport.

Nigerian Woman Arrested in Australia for Trafficking 15 Students

A Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms across Queensland under the guise of educational scholarships.Abubakar, 56, was arrested on Wednesday at the Brisbane Airport upon arrival from Papua New Guinea, where she was primarily based.Her arrest follows a two-year investigation by the AFP’s No…

Dual Australian and Nigerian citizen charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking PNG nationals with fake scholarships

A woman who allegedly lured Papua New Guinea (PNG) nationals to Australia with fake scholarships before exploiting them has been charged with debt bondage and other human trafficking offences. The AFP charged the woman – a dual Australian and Nigerian citizen who was based primarily in PNG – after she arrived at Brisbane Airport on a flight from PNG yesterday (11 June, 2025). *** Vision available via Hightail ***