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Recently, the drama 'Suriname' based on a true story has become popular.

It is said that Mo Jo, the real model of the drug lord in the drama, died in prison, and there was not one civilian helper.



At that time, the prosecutor's investigator met with reporter Kim Hye-min.



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Jeon Yo-hwan as the drug lord in the drama 'Suriname'.



The real person who modeled the role, Jo, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in South Korea on charges of drug trafficking, etc.



He was later confirmed to have died in April 2016 while he was serving time in prison.



I met the investigator of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, who had been investigating for over 7 years to catch him.



[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office Manager (then investigator): (Mr. Jo) died on April 19, 2016.]



He was most regretful that Mr. Cho made many Korean victims in the course of the crime.



[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time, investigator in charge): Some people were raped in Copenhagen, Denmark, and there were people who threw away 50 million won of money...

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In particular, some of the recruiters who were transported unaware that they were drugs suffered for years in prisons abroad, even made into a movie.



[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time): (to a woman) You said that a letter came, it's pitiful...

difficult and difficult

It's so sad.

That's why I came to cooperate.]



He explains that he felt more rewarding when he rescued the victims than when he arrested Mr. Cho.



I also remembered that there were three civilian assistants, not just one, who played the role of 'Kang In-gu', played by actor Ha Jung-woo in the drama.



[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time): There were three people who received help personally, Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C.

It was Mr. B who helped the investigation a lot…

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Director Do, who has been investigating drug cases for a long time, asked for more support for the arrest of overseas drug offenders, saying that compared to the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the number of Korean prosecutors is 2.7% and the budget is 0.2%.



(Video coverage: Hong Jong-soo, video editing: Kim Cho-a, CG: Seo Hyun-joong)