{"id":125518,"date":"2026-05-08T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=125518"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:43:50","slug":"women-linked-to-is-charged-with-slavery-after-landing-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/125518\/","title":{"rendered":"Women linked to IS charged with slavery after landing in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYDNEY(National Times)- Counter-terrorism forces arrested two women for slavery on Thursday as they returned to Australia from Syria, where they allegedly committed \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d while supporting the militant Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The women and their children \u2014 all Australian citizens \u2014 landed on Thursday evening after years spent in a Syrian detention camp where they have languished since the group\u2019s demise. Police arrested the women immediately after they landed at Melbourne international airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were among four women and nine children returning to Australia for the first time after allegedly sneaking into Syria to join the IS group\u2019s self-declared caliphate in the early 2010s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism boss Stephen Nutt said a 53-year-old woman was accused of a raft of \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d, including possessing a slave, using a slave, and slave trading. A 31-year-old woman faced two slavery charges, Nutt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe women will appear before a court once they have been charged,\u201d he said. Nutt said there was little else he could say given the looming legal process, but confirmed the slavery charges allegedly took place in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll I can say is the safety of the community is the number one priority for all agencies involved,\u201d he told reporters. A third woman, 32, was arrested after landing in Sydney and would be charged with travelling to a banned area and joining a terrorist organisation, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY(National Times)- Counter-terrorism forces arrested two women for slavery on Thursday as they returned to Australia from Syria, where they allegedly committed \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d while supporting the militant Islamic State group. 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