93 booked for prostitution in three months: Daegu police
By Kim ArinPublished : May 8, 2019 - 15:22
The Daegu Police Agency booked 93 alleged sex workers, brokers and buyers during a three-month intensive crackdown in the metropolitan city in southeastern South Korea. In the process, some 39 million won ($33,358) was confiscated, the police said Wednesday.
According to the police, the suspects did business in 34 residential studios and massage parlors. One of the businesses, in Nam-gu, central Daegu, allegedly raised over 420 million won in illicit profits since last September.
Of the 93 booked, one person was arrested, police said, calling the suspect a broker with a record of having committed the same crime.
On Tuesday, the Daegu Prosecutors’ Office said a police lieutenant based at a police station in the city was arrested on charges of arranging prostitution from December to March at two studio apartments in downtown Daegu.
By Kim Arin (arin@heraldcorp.com)