Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung speaks throughout a press briefing at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
A joint Korean investigation group has nabbed 26 individuals over rip-off crimes involving sexual exploitation in Cambodia by way of cooperation with the native authorities, Cheong Wa Dae mentioned Monday.
The pangovernment process power of Korean police and the Nationwide Intelligence Service took 26 members of a rip-off ring in Phnom Penh into custody throughout raids into their workplaces and residences on Jan. 5 along with Cambodian police, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung instructed reporters
The suspects impersonated authorities businesses, together with prosecutors and monetary authorities, deceiving victims into believing they have been implicated in crimes and extorting 26.7 billion gained ($18.2 million) from 165 Korean nationals below the pretext of investigating their property, Kang mentioned.
Within the course of, quite a few feminine victims have been compelled to document sexually exploitative movies or ship express photographs.
“This case illustrates how rip-off crimes have advanced past merely stealing cash from atypical individuals, as an alternative relentlessly exploiting victims’ psychological vulnerabilities and coercing them into producing sexual exploitation materials — a way that totally devastates the victims’ lives,” Kang mentioned.
Job power officers mentioned the crime ring includes Koreans, including they are going to confirm the suspects’ nationalities upon their repatriation.
The federal government will instantly block the circulation of the sexually exploitative movies and produce the suspects again to Korea to face punishment, Kang mentioned.
The newest roundup comes as Korea has been ramping up efforts to fight crimes concentrating on its nationals in Cambodia, equivalent to on-line scams, following the torture and demise of a Korean faculty scholar lured to a rip-off heart within the Southeast Asian nation in August final 12 months.
