<Anchor>



A 30-year-old who committed a sex crime after approaching minors saying that he would buy cigarettes for them was arrested by the police.

As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that more than five victims have been identified so far.



This content was covered by reporter Ha Jeong-yeon.



<Reporter> This



is a promotional article for proxy purchase that can be easily found on social media.



It is written that they will buy alcohol or cigarettes for you and deliver them for a fee.



If you just type in a keyword, it comes up all the time, and there is an article that says that only direct transactions are possible, and that it is only for female students.



On the 31st of last month, the police arrested a 30-year-old man named Kim, who made a post on Twitter that he would buy cigarettes by proxy in this way to approach a middle school girl and take a picture of her body.



The police, who started an investigation after a report from the victim's family, disguised themselves as the victim and continued social media conversations.



This is taking advantage of the fact that due to the recent revision of the relevant law, it is possible to conduct disguised investigations only in cases of digital sex crimes targeting children and adolescents.



International cooperation allowed Twitter headquarters in the United States to issue a search and seizure warrant for the account to find the account user.



Kim's cell phone contained more than 30 illegal videos and sexual exploitation materials of other minors.



These are minors who lured procurement as bait, but there are more than 5 confirmed victims.



Experts point out that proxy purchases made on social media are highly likely to lead to secondary crimes.



[Lee Yun-ho / Distinguished Professor of Police Department, Korea Cyber ​​University: The bigger problem is that proxy purchases can be used as tools or means, which can lead to bigger crimes.

For example, it can lead to prostitution, robbery, threats, extortion of money...

.]



The police are also expanding the investigation after finding out that Mr. Kim, who has a similar criminal record, threatened a minor victim and forced him to have an aid relationship.



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, Choi Jun-sik, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Kang Yu-ra)