Fresh footage shows the moment three ISIS-linked women recently returned from Syria were taken into custody and charged with multiple offences. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Janai Safar, 32, was arrested after touching down in Sydney on Thursday night, while Kawsar Abbas, 53, and daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, were nabbed in Melbourne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Footage showed the moment counter-terrorism detectives, wearing suits and carrying hefty binders, escorted Ms Abbas and Ms Ahmad from Melbourne Airport.<\/p>\n
Ms Abbas was marched through an empty zone of the airport as she covered her face with a black blanket. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Her daughter followed just behind, surrounded by police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pair on Friday morning were charged over crimes against humanity offences.<\/p>\n
Officers then loaded the women and baggage into cars and took them to Victorian police headquarters. \u00a0<\/p>\n
In Sydney, Ms Safar was also arrested upon arrival at the Sydney International Airport. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Police escorted the 32-year-old, dressed in a long, green head veil, grey hoodie and carrying a neck pillow, to an awaiting van in an underground lot.<\/p>\n
Later on Thursday night, counter-terrorism police charged Ms Safar with allegedly entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone.<\/p>\n
She was also charged with joining a terror organisation – Islamic State.<\/p>\n
Both offences carry a maximum penalty of up to 10 years\u2019 imprisonment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police will allege Ms Safar first travelled to Syria in 2015 to join her husband who had already left the country to join ISIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The mother and daughter arrested in Melbourne, Ms Abbas and Ms Ahmad, face multiple crimes against humanity charges after they were laid on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Ms Abbas faces one count each of alleged enslavement, possessing a slave, using a slave and engaging in slave trading. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Each alleged offence carries a 25-year imprisonment maximum penalty.<\/p>\n
She is alleged to have travelled to Syria in 2014 with her husband and children. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities alleged Ms Abbas purchased a female slave for US$10,000 and knowingly kept the woman in her home.<\/p>\n
Ms Ahmad was also charged with enslavement and using a slave.<\/p>\n
Both women were detained by Kurdish forces in 2019, and were held with family members in the Al-Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria. \u00a0<\/p>\n
AFP Assistant Commissioner Counter Terrorism Stephen Nutt said operational planning for the potential return of individuals from the Middle East started in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralian (counter-terrorism teams) methodically investigated all Australians who travelled to declared conflict areas and will ensure those who are alleged to have committed a criminal offence are put before the courts,\u201d Asstistant Commissioner Nutt said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The teams include \u201csome of the most experienced national security investigators and analysts in our country\u201d, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis remains an active investigation into very serious allegations,\u201d Asstistant Commissioner Nutt said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melbourne and Sydney airports were swamped with media and members of the public on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh footage shows the moment three ISIS-linked women recently returned from Syria were taken into custody and charged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2805,7208,3340,23,8481,8479,8480,1756,260,152,276],"class_list":{"0":"post-7111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-melbourne","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-al-roj","10":"tag-arrest","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-counter-terrorism","13":"tag-extremism","14":"tag-footage","15":"tag-isis-brides","16":"tag-melbourne","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-syria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}