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Two years ago, the police arrested the operators of the largest prostitution agency in Korea, and the key operator who fled at the time was arrested in the Philippines. It is known that he ran a prostitution site while fleeing.
Correspondent Choi Seong-gil.
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largest prostitution mediation site in Korea, 'War of the Night' with 700,000 members.
Last year, as SBS continued to report on the reality of the prostitution brokerage site and the police launched an intensive crackdown, three out of four key executives were arrested and the sites closed.
[July 8, 2019, 8 News: Police arrested a 40-year-old who has created and managed the largest prostitution agency in Korea.]
At that time, it was revealed that the income they received in return for prostitution was over 20 billion won.
However, the operator, who is believed to be the real owner of the site, has disappeared after fleeing to the Philippines.
It was difficult to get cooperation from the Philippine police due to COVID-19.
However, recently, cooperation with the Philippine authorities paid off, and after two years of escaping, 48-year-old Mo Park, the operator of 'Night War', was arrested yesterday (22nd) in the local area.
Park is known to have lived near Manila by stealing criminal proceeds under the name of a relative.
It is said that they even operated a prostitution brokerage and illegal gambling site in order to raise funds for escape.
[Park's acquaintance: A close friend of mine told me to run a casino site, so I know that he created and operated a new prostitution site while doing that.] The
police will soon repatriate Mr. Park, who is imprisoned in a local detention center in the Philippines, to Korea and conduct an investigation.
(Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)