A forced labor case from 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. 1 source on file.
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Disabled people sold to salt farm by the traffickers for KRW 1,500,000. The victim escaped, and the police began to investigate.
Yes. They arrested 3 perpetrators involved in the case, and and started an investigation to check out if there are more victims. Unclear. The victim escaped(at the end of June), and the police began to investigate.
South Korea KR
According to police, from February 2007 through November 2009 Ms. Kim and the others brought 70 North Korean women trafficked from Qingdao, China into the business and accommodations they operated, earning over 30 million won in illegal profits from forcing them into prostitution. Also, they are accused of placing a 400,000 won bounty on Ms. Jo, a North Korean refugee in her mid-30s who escaped the business. Police say that they took 20% of the 100,000 won the victimized women earned per encounter in the bars they were forced to perform prostitution in, and were even beaten if they did not earn enough. Investigators found that they took advantage of the fact that North Korean refugee women in China have no contacts in South Korea and no regular residence, and paid 3.6 million won to Chinese brokers to bring them to Korea. Police believe that there are more perpetrators involved in the crimes including operators of brothels in China.
South Korea KR
The 16 yr old victim was forced into prostitution by 3 older classmates. For over 20 days starting on July 2nd she earned millions of won from over 50 acts of prostitution, and all of the money was stolen from her. After meeting a man through internet chatting and choosing a meeting place Park would be taken to the spot to have sex with him, for which she was paid from 100,000 to 200,000 won. They would accompany her to and from the motel. Park told investigators that she wanted to escape from prostitution was unable to leave because of her terror over the beatings she sometimes received from Kang and the others. The 3 traffickers were arrested for forced prostitution of a minor. Police have said they will continue their investigation to find all of the men who paid to have sex, and will do so by using their phone numbers.
South Korea KR
A Cambodian migrant agricultural worker testified that they worked 11-hour days while receiving pay for only eight hours, lived in greenhouse accommodation for six years, and faced deductions for housing and insurance. The worker reported approximately ₩10 million in unpaid wages and described wider exploitation of migrant agricultural workers.