Prostitution ring busted in Taiwan, 18 arrested
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TAIWAN authorities said yesterday they had busted a prostitution ring exploiting young women from China’s mainland that was estimated to have earned at least NT$100 million (US$3.33 million) in one year.
Police arrested 18 suspects, including eight mainland women and their pimps and chauffeurs during raids near Taipei late on Tuesday and early yesterday, said the island’s immigration agency.
The ring allegedly touted young women and college students who came to Taiwan under the pretext of undergoing medical examinations and was estimated to have made more than NT$100 million since it was set up a year ago, according to the agency.
A 25-year-old woman identified by her family name Wu, who charged up to NT$15,000 per service and claimed to have received 110 clients in just 14 days, was among the arrested, it added.
“The ring modeled its business on fast food chain restaurants and boasted that it introduced new girls every seven days in order to satisfy the different needs of the clients,” an officer said.
Taiwan media said the ring frequently sent out “agents” to the mainland to recruit new girls.
Arrests of mainland women on prostitution charges in Taiwan have been increasing in recent years.
Prostitution is illegal in Taiwan but the local government in 2011 passed a controversial bill to allow red-light districts in a bid to regulate the underground sex industry. So far no such district has been set up yet.
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