Two Indonesian men have been charged with people smuggling offenses after allegedly attempting to facilitate the arrival of 56 people to Australia.
An 18-year-old man and a 38-year-old man will appear in Perth Magistrates Court today.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged the men with one count of facilitating the bringing of non-citizens into Australia (of five or more people), contrary to Section 232A of the Migration Act 1958.
The men arrived on 23 November 2009 on a vessel that was intercepted by the Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Bathurst, operating under the control of Customs and Border Protection Command, north of Cape Leveque, Western Australia.
The two men bring the total number of people charged by the AFP with people smuggling offenses since September 2008 to 96.
The maximum penalty for people smuggling offenses is 20 years imprisonment and/or a $220,000 fine.
Source: AFP
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