A sex trafficking case from 2010 in Yeosu, South Korea. 1 source on file.
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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.
The traffickers escaped capture. After 7yrs, the statute of limitations expired, and the traffickers could not be charged.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. Seo (40)was licensed to own a adult entertainment restaurant for foreigners, but illegally sold sexual services to patrons.