Business Owner Who Employed Women in Their Early 20s to Run a Prostitution Establishment for 3 Years Arrested

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] More than 20 people, including business owners and employees who employed women in their early 20s to facilitate illegal prostitution, as well as customers who visited the place, were arrested by the police.

The Suseo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 21st that they arrested Mr. A, a man in his 40s who operated a prostitution establishment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu for three years, on charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic (prostitution mediation). Mr. B, who purchased sex at the establishment operated by Mr. A, and two female employees were also arrested on prostitution charges. The police added that one male employee, ten female employees, and five customers were also booked on prostitution charges and are under investigation.

Mr. A is suspected of employing 16 women in their early 20s from August 2019 and facilitating prostitution for three years through internet advertisements. Customer Mr. B was caught by the police while engaging in prostitution on site. During the crackdown, information such as customers' phone numbers, dates and times of visits to the establishment, and details about sexual transactions were collected from a seized PC, and it was confirmed that this information was shared among similar businesses.

The police plan to conduct forensic analysis on the seized PC and mobile phones to identify customers who visited the prostitution establishment and the scale of operations over the past three years. They also plan to confiscate and recover criminal proceeds. A police official stated, "We will continue to conduct crackdowns on businesses operating variant prostitution establishments."

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