There are also unscrupulous groups that lure underage girls into prostitution. In the process, they even squeeze their wages. Some girls only get 100 yuan in return for selling the first night.
The Kowloon West Regional Crime Squad revealed that the group used dating apps or met girls at amusement parks to gain trust, "making the victim girl feel better than her family", and then lured her into prostitution.
The group attracts customers through the Tg channel "Bobo Accompanying You", using "youth", "beginning in the sea", "arbitrary training", etc., and even more blatant words to attract customers.
Detectives successfully dismantled the group yesterday, arrested the female mastermind and 3 assistants, and found 4 girls between the ages of 15 and 17. One of the 15-year-old girls was sold by the mastermind to a mid-level real estate agent for 20,000 yuan. On the first night, but the girl received only 100 yuan, the police also arrested the client.
The group opened a Tg channel to attract customers, with explicit words.
(Screenshot of the police online press conference)
Kowloon West Regional Crime Division (Operations) Superintendent Zhong Yalun said that the West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad conducted an intelligence-led operation code-named "Sharp Sword", which targeted the manipulation of underage girls for prostitution. The prostitution group arrested 4 key members yesterday (31st), including a 37-year-old female mastermind, on suspicion of "manipulating underage girls for prostitution" and "possessing child pornography"; the three assistants are two 19-year-old and 29-year-old. 18-year-old man and 18-year-old woman.
They all have underworld backgrounds.
In addition, the police also arrested a 43-year-old client of prostitutes on suspicion of "unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16" and "production of child pornography".
Police also found four teenage girls, aged between 15 and 17, who had been manipulated into prostitution.
The head of the group and two assistants are still being detained and investigated. The police will file a case later, and will appear in court tomorrow morning. The 18-year-old arrested female member has been released on bail, and the arrested client has been charged with one count of "with age "Illegal sexual intercourse with girls under the age of 16" and "production of child pornography" have already appeared in the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts this morning.
The police investigation is still ongoing, and will track down clients who have had sex with underage girls, so it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
Every transaction of thousands of yuan, the girl only receives a few hundred yuan
The police investigation found that the group had been operating for more than a year and had a detailed division of labor.
The hostess created a channel through the communication software Telegram many years ago, called "Bobo Accompany You". The posts used words such as "Young", "Student Girl", "Journey to the Sea", "Arbitrary Training", and sexy girls. Photos attract clients, but don't show prices.
When a client shows interest, the hostess will negotiate the price with her. The fee varies from 6,000 to 7,000 yuan for each one-time transaction, but the girl actually only receives a few hundred yuan.
Over the years, the group has manipulated at least 10 girls, and there are at most several transactions per day, so it is very profitable. The key members themselves are unemployed and rely on the manipulation of girls to make a living.
As for the assistants, they are responsible for recruiting girls and taking them to different hotels to receive clients.
Their methods of soliciting include online dating platforms. It is reported that there is a dating app "heymandi", or places where girls hang out, such as playgrounds, stadiums, etc., to establish friendship with them, ask them for help, and win money and precious gifts. Trust and win goodwill, and then use excuses to provide money-making opportunities to lure them into prostitution, but in the end, girls will only get meager returns.
The group also uses expensive RVs to transport young girls to different places and hotels to pick up guests, and even provides accommodation to harbour runaway girls.
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Mid-level real estate agent arrested for buying girl's first night for regular client
One of the 15-year-old girls found by the police, whose family reported the loss to the police in early February, has been arranged by an assistant to hide in a hotel room as a friend to take care of her daily life and food, "making the victim girl feel better than her family". eventually lured into prostitution.
According to the source, the mastermind sold the girl’s virginity to a real estate agent in the mid-mountain area for 20,000 yuan, and sent the girl to the other party’s residence for trading, but only paid 100 yuan to the girl in the end. Afterwards, the girl disclosed the incident to the police, and the police The client was arrested at the door. It is reported that the client is a regular client of the group and has many transaction records.
During the operation, the police seized more than 15,000 yuan in cash, expensive handbags, jewelry, sneakers, perfume, etc., and seized thousands of videos and photos believed to be child pornography from the mobile phone of one of the assistants, mainly for promotion.
The relevant valuables were given to the girl by members of the group, "to make him feel that the other party really cares about him and is really good to her." However, the police's follow-up investigation found that most of the valuables were counterfeit, but the girl did not know how to distinguish them.
Chief Inspector Li Jiahui of the West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad said that the police are very concerned about crimes related to youth, and have noticed that since January this year, there have been many cases of the same type in West Kowloon, involving a total of 12 underage girls who were manipulated by criminals. engage in prostitution.
Most of the girls met criminals through online dating programs.
Due to the epidemic, the police understand that children and young people rely more on the Internet to meet new friends than ever before, but only relying on online communication will not be able to understand the true background of their friends, and it is easy to fall into different traps.
Police hope to take this opportunity to remind parents to pay more attention to their children's whereabouts and Internet habits, remind them from time to time to be extra careful when surfing the Internet, communicate with them more, and understand their living habits.
If you find that your children suddenly have valuables, you should find out if they have fallen into an online trap.
If in doubt, call the police for help.
In addition, children and teenagers should not accept gifts or financial enticements from netizens when they go online. When encountering conversations with pornographic or sexual connotations, they must not respond, and do not expose themselves in front of the camera, or send nude photos or short videos to others.
If in doubt, discuss it with a parent, teacher, or trusted adult.
The police said they will continue to crack down on illegal activities that induce or manipulate underage girls into prostitution.
Police reiterated that "manipulating another person for unlawful sexual intercourse or prostitution" is a serious crime, punishable by up to 14 years in prison if convicted.
The "production or possession of child pornography" carries a maximum sentence of eight and five years in prison, respectively.
As for "intercourse with a 13-year-old girl under the age of 16", they can be sentenced to up to life and five years in prison, respectively.
