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A group of people in their 20s who persuaded minors to make money easily and persistently forced them into prostitution were sentenced to imprisonment.
On the 21st, the Chuncheon District Court Wonju Branch Criminal Division 1 (Chief Judge Shin Gyo-shik) sentenced 3 to 10 years in prison for 9 people in their 20s who were indicted on charges of brokering business under the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth.
The defendants are accused of coercing 11 minors to ‘make money easily’ or coercing them into prostitution several times from April 2020 to June 2021 with a method of intimidating them. was brought to trial.
All of them were local friends or seniors and juniors, who divided their roles, and then 2-3 people formed a group.
In addition, using a chatting app that guarantees anonymity, he traveled across the country to recruit prostitutes, and arranged prostitution for victims.
When the police investigation started in June of last year, they changed or terminated their cell phones and fled to another area, but were eventually caught by the police.
As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that they received an unfair advantage of 200 million won in exchange for arranging prostitution.
The court sentenced two people, including the main culprit A (24), who had the most crimes per day, to 10 years in prison, and to B (24) and C (25) 9 years in prison.
The other five were sentenced to three, four and seven years, respectively.
The court explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "Defendants systematically solicited prostitution for minor victims due to their relationship with friends and seniors and juniors, and they also shared the proceeds." I did.