Sex TraffickingArchive 2008–2016

Sex Trafficking in Hakata Ward (2011)

A sex trafficking case from 2011 in Hakata Ward, Japan.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

After having sex at a hotel with the girl, he allegedly hit her over a money problem. He was arrested for battery, and the cops wound up finding provocative and illegal images on his mobile phone and personal computer. They were able to identify one middle school girl and another eight girls from high school. He took shots of three of them while engaged in actual sex acts. This led to an additional citation of Child prostitution.

Response and intervention

After a 16-year-old girl filed a complaint regarding the trafficker, officers from Fukuoka’s Higashi Police Department took him into custody.

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