Her work for the US government helped bring down a sex-trafficking syndicate and international fraudsters. But Nanette Ambrose gave it all up for the red dirt of Mount Isa — and love
"I wanted to support myself, I did not want to get married, I wanted a different future," she said.
One year, she worked on several annulments — and a particularly happy client who worked at the US Embassy in Manila suggested Ms Ambrose apply for a job there.It was not long before she was appointed as an anti-fraud investigator at the US State Department and then as a specialist at US Customs and Border Protection.
Despite the thrill and gravity of the investigations she participated in, undercover work proved bittersweet.
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