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gang in Gyeonggi-do who rented dozens of officetels and engaged in systematic prostitution was caught. They even set up a call center and mediated 13,000 cases of prostitution, and the police are planning to investigate sex buyers as well.



This is reporter Shin Jung-eun.



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Police strike an office in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do.



[Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency official: The crime name is as follows. Violation of the Act on the Punishment of Acts such as Prostitution Arrangement. Did you know?] The



Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency arrested 16 people, including general manager Kang Mo, and arrested 6 of them on charges of mediating illegal prostitution.



Since August of last year, they have hired more than 70 foreign women to mediate illegal prostitution.



49 officetels were secured in 9 locations and used as prostitution sites.



I even set up a 24-hour call center disguised as a travel agent and received a reservation.



[Neighbor Merchant: There was a thumping, swearing, and fighting at night.]



This is the office that the party used as a call center.



There is a soundproofing device on the inside and a door to lock the door.



And the trash is still being thrown away like this, but if you come in a little further inside, there is a piece of paper that is believed to have been used by the daily party as a sales book.



We have even prepared a code of conduct in preparation for the crackdown.



She disguised herself as a courier and collected the costs of prostitution, used pseudonyms such as King Sejong and Nana, and deleted the call history from time to time.




If they were caught in crackdown, they attempted to destroy evidence, such as dropping the phone in water or turning it in a microwave.



[Han Kwang-gyu/Guardian of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency's order of life: Because it can be tracked by CCTV analysis or various scientific investigation methods even if you use various methods.]



Only 500 million won in criminal revenues confirmed so far.



The police see them as'criminal groups' and are considering whether they can apply the provisions of aggravated punishment.



In addition, we are planning to continue investigating sex buyers by securing the records of 13,000 sex purchases they kept.



(Video editing: Seungjin Lee, VJ: Jonggap Kim)