Corporate-Style Prostitution Targeting Regular Male Clients in Dozens of Office-Tels in Bundang

Crime Proceeds of About 4.7 Billion Won... Business Owner Arrested, 5 Employees Booked
Police Apply for Pre-Trial Seizure and Preservation of Apartment, Imported Cars, etc.

Sex Trade Business Office [Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] A business owner who rented dozens of officetels mainly in Bundang, the Seoul metropolitan area, to operate corporate-style illegal prostitution establishments and pocketed billions of won was caught by the police.

The Northern Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency announced on the 3rd, "A (45) was arrested on charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic, and five employees, including the operations manager, were booked without detention on the same charges."

A and others are suspected of renting officetels in Bundang-gu, Seongnam City (40 units) and Uijeongbu City (2 units) from January 2020 to December last year to operate prostitution businesses.

According to the police investigation, they hired an operations manager and charged between 110,000 and 190,000 won per session depending on the type of prostitution, earning about 1.6 billion won annually and a total of 4.7 billion won over three years.

The business was advertised through illegal prostitution brokerage websites, and it was found that they operated for a long time targeting men who visited once.

The police applied for seizure and preservation before indictment on four properties including apartments owned by them and four luxury imported cars.

The police plan to continue crackdowns not only on officetel prostitution establishments but also on new and variant prostitution businesses such as massage parlors and kiss rooms.

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