Tokyo, Japan, Japan
“Ahn recruited heavily indebted women and, through a loan shark, all their debts were repaid. Afterwards, they were sent to Japan, believing that they were to work at ‘massage parlors.’ Instead, the victims were locked up and forced to sell their bodies. “Their passports were also taken away from them and were under 24-hour surveillance. Most of the money they made was taken away.” A warrant for the trafficker’s arrest was issued on suspicion on of brokering Korean women into prostitution in Japan.
Location
Japan · Tokyo, Japan · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The trafficker was arrested after a warrant was issued on suspicion of brokering Korean women into prostitution in Japan. “Investigators have booked the loan shark while putting the other partners on wanted list in Japan with the help of Interpol.”
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