She was handed a piece of paper she could give to customers of the Australian brothels she was assigned to work in.

It said: “Hi … I do everything” and listed a range of sexual services Karen would provide.

Karen was recruited by a human trafficking syndicate led by a woman police would later describe as a ruthless organised crime boss. Her name is Mae Ja Kim, but she went by “Mimi”.

The syndicate recruited Karen in South Korea, promising her generous pay and conditions if she moved to Australia to be a sex worker, and they paid for Karen’s airfare and Australian visa.

Crime boss Mae Ja Kim.

Arriving in Melbourne sometime prior to 2014 (Karen has requested the period she worked for the Kim syndicate to not be disclosed to preserve her anonymity and protect her from reprisal), her debt ballooned to include accommodation, hair extensions requested by the brothel owner and payments to a corrupt education provider to make it appear she was meeting the requirements of her Australian visa.















2013년 7월 조선족 출신 호주 시민권자 김매자는 한국 출신 여성을 호주로 불러들인 뒤 감금하여 성매매를 하도록 강요하다 호주 경찰에 체포되었다.##

김매자는 미미라는 가명을 사용하며 가족과 중국인 지인들을 동원해 호주 멜버른에서 최소 4곳의 성매매 업소를 호주인 바지사장 명의로 운영하다 성매매 여성들의 신고로 덜미가 잡혔다.

김매자와 일당 3명은 2015년에 징역 4년을 선고받았다.

하지만 2022년 1월 호주 언론은 김매자가 출소 후 멜버른에 다시 성매매업소를 차려 여성들이 감금 착취를 당하고 있다고 보도하였다.