Regional Profiles
Australia
Australia combines relatively low estimated prevalence with persistent risk in agriculture, hospitality, food processing, care, and other sectors reliant on temporary migrant labour. Recent policy focus has shifted toward stronger reporting protections, sponsor monitoring, and sanctions for employers who use visa status to facilitate exploitation.
Operation ODIN 2026
Melanesia
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu face the region's heaviest mix of trafficking risk: exploitation in logging, mining, fishing, domestic work, and urban informal economies, together with weak detection systems and child-protection gaps. Remote worksites, labour recruitment, and low state presence continue to magnify vulnerability.
2025 PNG TIP
New Zealand, Polynesia & Micronesia
In New Zealand, recent cases continue to center on migrant worker exploitation in horticulture, hospitality, and labour-hire settings. Across Samoa, Tonga, and smaller Pacific states, trafficking responses are often institutionally thin, making border coordination, victim referral pathways, and labour mobility safeguards especially important.
2025 NZ Update