North Korean Defectors Ran Brothel in Tokyo
A group of North Korean defectors have been arrested for illegally operating an “adult salon” in Tokyo:
After defecting from North Korea, all 10 women entered a facility in South Korea that helps defectors settle in that nation, and all obtained status as South Korean nationals, according to the police.
However, the women found it hard to find work in South Korea. One was quoted by the police as saying: “We defected from North Korea because our lives there were difficult, but our lives didn’t improve in South Korea. In Japan, we earned a lot, partly thanks to the strong yen.”
The deported woman made profits of about 35 million yen at her salon between its opening and April this year. The woman said she had sent part of the income to relatives in North Korea, according to the police.
The MPD believes word that good money can be made by starting an adult entertainment business in Japan has been spreading among North Korean defectors.
The arrested massage parlor manager, meanwhile, is rumored to have once been a member of North Korea’s secret police, the MPD said.
The MPD intends to thoroughly investigate the woman, who comes from a northern region of North Korea and visited Japan a few years ago, by exchanging information with South Korean police.
After being questioned about the money sent to North Korea, one woman claimed it was being sent to family members.
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