Broker Earns 200 Million Yen by Forcing 300 Women into Prostitution: Shocking Tactics Revealed

Pretending to be tourists

A member of the scouting group “Ambitious,” based in Osaka, Eiwan Chung (40), was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police on February 12th on suspicion of violating the Employment Security Act for arranging women to work at American brothels.

“Chung approached a 24-year-old woman on the streets of Osaka in February 2023, saying, ‘You’re beautiful. I can introduce you to jobs at a cabaret club or even AV,’ and exchanged contact information. The woman, who expressed an interest in working abroad, was told, ‘I can introduce you to work overseas,’ and was introduced to members of a broker group,” said a reporter from a national newspaper’s social section.

The broker group later arranged for the woman to work at a brothel in the United States. At that time, they provided detailed instructions: “Because it’s getting harder to enter the U.S., make sure not to pack skin products or lotions. Emphasize that it’s a trip for tourism, and make a note of the tourist spots in advance so you can declare them at customs.”

“The risk of being identified is low in overseas sex work, and due to the weak yen, women can earn several times more than in Japan. In this case, the woman was offered accommodation with meals. She arrived in the U.S. in April 2023, checked into a hotel in Washington, D.C. based on the address given by the broker, and began engaging in sex acts with male clients who visited her hotel room.

The woman communicated with the brothel using a Chinese-based social media platform, repeatedly engaging in prostitution. Most of the clients were Chinese men living in Washington, D.C., and at times, she had over 10 clients a day. Within a month of arriving in the U.S., she had serviced over 200 clients, earning nearly 9.6 million yen.” (The same reporter)