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"Early mid-40s. Skinny and slim body. I'm a married woman for two years in the southern region of Gyeonggi Province. Members who want to be lovers, please apply."
With the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, online meetings and gatherings are spreading, and a new form of prostitution mediation with the name of'introducing a golf partner' has been found to be on the rise.
According to media coverage, there are currently dozens of groups that promote'golf partner introduction' or'golf booking arrangements' in online meeting services.
The number of members per group ranges from as few as dozens to as many as 700-800.
The group's management team announces simple personal information, such as the age of 2-3 women, and the region and date where rounding is possible, and recruits members who wish to participate.
Members who apply for participation by comment will receive information such as the woman's photo, height, and weight as a personal message.
In some cases, when men first presented their desired conditions, they found and matched women.
On the surface, it appears to be a golf rounding party, but it is often assumed that the real purpose of matching is prostitution.
The management also sends additional messages to the men who have chosen the women they like about the expenses.
Along with the announcement that men should pay all rounding expenses and food expenses, "After", you must give a "handy". Usually about 30 (10,000 won), depending on age and appearance, even those who receive 40-50 (10,000 won) "There is" followed.
According to group members,'after' means prostitution after golf, and'handy' means an expense paid to women in exchange for sex.
When the meeting is established, the management team receives 100,000 to 200,000 won from men in the name of'matching fee'.
In fact, it is a prostitution fee.
Most of the men and women we meet with the meetup app were in their 40s or older.
The management is known to have recruited matching participants saying that it is possible to earn pocket money through prostitution after attracting women by posting a promotional post in internet cafes where women of the age group ``can play golf for free''.
According to court precedents, similar prostitution and mediation through online can be punished for violating the Act on the Penalty of Acts such as Prostitution Arrangement.
However, it is pointed out that this'golf prostitution' is a golfer for the nominal purpose, and it is pointed out that it may be difficult to establish a suspicion because words related to prostitution are not explicitly used in messenger conversations.
One criminal case lawyer said, "It is a typical form of prostitution crime that money is paid in exchange for sex and brokers receive mediation fees," and "proving that the purpose of the meeting and the money exchanged is sex, not golf, is the key to establishing the allegation." Said.