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Sex Trafficking in GwangJu (2007)

A sex trafficking case from 2007 in GwangJu, South Korea. 1 source on file.

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What happened

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.

Response and intervention

Yes, they arrested the traffickers and started an investigation on the buyers.

Sex Trafficking2008

Jeonju, South Korea, 2008

South Korea KR

The trafficker was sentenced to 8-months in "prison for business owners" for operating an illegal business and extortion. The trafficker ran a brothel where he held prostituted women for 30 days each. Each act the woman was forced to perform cost the john 60,000 KRW, all paid to the trafficker. The trafficker made 3,402,000 KRW off of each woman/month. It is unclear by the article just how many women were enslaved.

1 sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2010

Yeosu, South Korea, 2010

South Korea KR

18 yr old female child (Korea constitutes a minor as 19yrs and younger) forced into prostitution by traffickers. The exact details of intervention are not clear in the article.

1 sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2004

Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, 2004

South Korea KR

One woman ran away, and the club owners contacted her mother, asking her to "pay for damages" and threatening to prosecute the girl for breach of contract. The mother contacted the Filipino Migrants Catholic Church in Seoul, which helped her complain to the South Korean police. That night, the police raided the clubs.

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