ANN/THE JAPAN NEWS — South Korean authorities have apprehended three Japanese women in their 20s on allegations of involvement in prostitution at hotels in Seoul. This marks the first reported instance of Japanese women being implicated in organised prostitution within the country, as per South Korean media sources.
The arrests took place on Thursday, with four South Korean men in their 20s to 30s also detained on suspicion of facilitating prostitution. Authorities confiscated proceeds totaling 4.75 million won (approximately USD4,540) on the day of the arrests.
Police said the three women had entered South Korea in early May.
According to the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo electronic version, the women entered the country pretending to be tourists, and were arrested at a hotel in Gangnam, Seoul’s entertainment district. The South Korean men reportedly lured in customers over the internet, and the women received cash from them.
Police are searching for more than 10 other Japanese women, saying that they had also engaged in prostitution in South Korea.
