Australian man allegedly abandons wife and baby overseas after tricking them into going on holiday to Pakistan
An Australian man who allegedly abandoned his wife and baby in Pakistan after convincing them to go on a holiday has been charged with human trafficking.
The 45-year-old became the focus of a federal investigation in February after his wife filed a report alleging she had been left overseas without any documentation.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will allege the man convinced his wife and one-year-old child to travel with him to Pakistan in August last year.
When they arrived, he allegedly unlawfully took the child's passport and abandoned the pair at the airport before returning to Australia on his own.
He then allegedly cancelled his wife's Australian visa and kept their child's passport.
When his wife arrived back in Australia in February she contacted the AFP, who, along with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, flew the child home.
The man was arrested at a home in Austral, in Sydney's southwest, on Wednesday and charged with human trafficking offences.
He's facing charges of trafficking a person from Australia by using deception, which carries a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.
The man is led away by detectives after being charged with human trafficking
The man was set to face the Liverpool Local Court on Thursday.
In September, another man was hit with similar charges.
He was accused of convincing his wife and children to fly to Pakistan with him after being told they would be visiting family members.
He too left them and returned to Australia with their passports and visas.
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