GwangJu, Korea, Republic of
3 adults forced a 14-yr old runaway into prostitution, forcing her to have sex with over 800 males. The child was locked in a hotel room for 6 months and forced to perform sexual acts on more than 5 males a day. The traffickers charged 100,000 to 200,000 KRW to each male, making over 120 milion KRW from the child The child did not get any of the money. The three people beat her up and burned the back of her hand with cigarettes whenever she begged them to let her go home, according to the police. The police were able to arrest the perpetrators when they tried to kidnap the victim after she escaped her captors.
Location
Korea, Republic of · GwangJu · 2007 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Yes, they arrested the traffickers and started an investigation on the buyers.
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