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Nowadays, there are uploads on YouTube that promote or mediate illegal prostitution. The bigger problem is that most of them don't have to go through adult certification, so even young people can easily reach them.

Reporter Park Chan-beom and reporter Kim Hyung-rae will in turn report whether the crackdown and punishment are being carried out properly.

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This is a YouTube video that shows how to prostitution. It is a popular video with over 2 million views.

You can even post a post of a visit to a sex agency or even show a video of YouTuber filming the red light district and showing the bargaining process of illegal sex.

However, there is no age limit because no sexual exposure scene was included.

As a result of the survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, there were more than 2,400 videos promoting sex trafficking on YouTube alone, of which more than 80% had no adult certification process.


It is not classified as'pornography', so it does not lead to deletion.

Youtube will delete or set age limits if the video contains excessive exposure or obscene expressions, but the posts of prostitution are in the blind spot.

Meanwhile, it is also included in the popular video recommendation video.

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existing law to the Escort's specific business name or sex acts in prostitution reviews images but dignified penalties, and so the Without it, punishment is difficult.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: Kim Jong-woo, CG: Lee Yoo-jin)

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'Night War', the largest mediation site in Korea with over 700,000 members.

The operator was caught by the police in September of last year, but almost a similar site was named'Season 2'and is still running.

Illegal prostitution, advertisements are not uprooted, and late video clips are on the vigor of video sites because it is easy to make money and earn a lot of money when it becomes a popular video.

Nevertheless, punishment often stops.

[Former sex trade owner: The monthly sales usually came in the middle of 30 million won. If you get the first crackdown, 300 if you get a little less, 5 million if you get a lot. Even if it takes a second time anyway, there is almost no possibility of arrest... .]

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family analyzed over 1,800 judgments punished for prostitution or advertisements in 2018, and only 280 were sentenced to imprisonment, 15% of the total.

The rest were sentenced to probation, fines, or both.

In addition, the courts have established standards for sentencing crimes, but only one-fourth of those sentences were applied.

In the case of fines, more than 70% were less than 5 million won.

[Jang Yoon-mi / Public Affairs Officer of the Korean Women's Lawyers Association: In fact, there are quite a lot of cases where the bats are punished by taking into account the court. I am concerned that it can give a bad signal that it is very light in shape.] In

order to respond to online e-commerce advertising and mediation, it is necessary to revise laws that protect young people as well as strictly punish them.

(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Video editing: Jeon Min-kyu)