Melbourne mother and daughter face slavery-related charges after returning from Syria Two Australian women linked to Islamic State have been charged after returning from Syria, with police alleging they kept a female slave during the group’s rule. The women, aged 53 and 31, were arrested at Melbourne airport and now face multiple crimes against humanity charges, including enslavement and slave trading, which carry long prison terms if proven. The case forms part of a wider repatriation of four women and nine children from a Syrian detention camp, with a separate woman arrested in Sydney on terror-related allegations after arriving the same day. AFP says the investigation is ongoing and that anyone believed to have committed offences in conflict zones will be put before the courts, while the claims are expected to be tested in Melbourne Magistrates Court.