{"id":52392,"date":"2022-07-26T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T07:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=52392"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T07:48:14","slug":"pyongyang-police-arrest-around-30-people-involvement-massive-prostitution-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/pyongyang-police-arrest-around-30-people-involvement-massive-prostitution-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang police arrest around 30 people for involvement in massive prostitution network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pyongyang police recently arrested members of a gang that allegedly built an organized prostitution network in some of North Korea&#8217;s major cities. The gang faces heavy punishment, with their arrest coming as North Korean authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-continues-efforts-prevents-young-people-watching-impure-recordings\/\">emphasize more than ever<\/a> their \u201cstruggle\u201d against \u201cnon-socialist behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Pyongyang on Monday, the Pyongyang branch of the Ministry of Social Security recently arrested the head of the gang \u2014 a man in his 40s \u2014 and about 30 accomplices for allegedly facilitating prostitution over many years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man and his gang are being charged with facilitating prostitution in five major cities: Pyongsong in South Pyongan Province, Sariwon in North Hwanghae Province, Wonsan in Gangwon Province, Hamhung in South Hamgyong Province, and Sinuiju in North Pyongan Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exact scale of their operations remains unknown, but the police in Pyongyang reportedly seized a ledger with records of about 7,000 transactions in Hamhung and Pyongsong and about 6,000 transactions in Sariwon and Wonsan since March of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on this evidence, the police seized a large cache of foreign currency, including about USD 300,000 in ill-begotten gains from the last three years and another USD 20,000 discovered by the police during their raid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pyongyang police have taken a particularly dim view of how \u2014 in contrast to individual prostitutes who ply their services in front of train stations or marketplaces \u2014 the man\u2019s gang built a network in each region, recruiting as clients high-ranking cadres in major government organizations such as the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea, Ministry of Social Security, Ministry of State Security and prosecutors\u2019 offices, as well as among rich <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donju<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or North Korea\u2019s wealthy entrepreneurial class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the crew sent women from Pyongyang to the homes or secret rendezvous spots of regional cadres or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donju <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for several days at a time. They collected a commission of USD 100-200 for women in their 20s, and USD 300-500 for 17 or 18-year-old girls fresh out of high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pyongyang police plan to expand their investigation into those who purchased sex as well. Above all, they plan to launch a joint investigation with major central government agencies, such as the headquarters of the Ministry of Social Security and Central Public Prosecutors Office, since they believe high-ranking cadres are likely implicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn the outside, Pyongyang looks flashy, a place where people loyal to the party and leader live, but if you look inside, it\u2019s as corrupt as it gets,\u201d said the source. \u201cIt\u2019s the same in other regions, too, but you really can\u2019t do a thing without money in Pyongyang, so it\u2019s easy to lure women who make little money here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220725-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyongyang police recently arrested members of a gang that allegedly built an organized prostitution network in some of North Korea&#8217;s major cities. 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