Police nab Thai, Chinese prostitutes in apartment in Taipei’s Guangzhou Street Night Market
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/07
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Taipei Police photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Thai woman, Chinese woman, and Taiwanese man were arrested on Monday (Nov. 5) in connection with a call girl operation in Taipei City’s Guangzhou Street Night Market, reported Apple Daily.
The Wanhua Taipei City Government Police Bureau has recently received numerous reports in its jurisdiction of sex traffickers luring customers for prostitution and recruiting women from overseas to work in the sex trade under the guise of tourism and cosmetic surgery. The bureau also received reports of numerous foreign prostitutes seen soliciting passersby inside the Guangzhou Street Night Market in Taipei’s Wanhua District.
On the evening of Nov. 5, police obtained a search warrant and raided an apartment next to the Guangzhou Street Night Market that was being used as a call girl hub to lure customers and dispatch prostitutes. Inside the apartment, police found a 19-year-old Thai call girl, who went by the alias “Pengpeng” (澎澎), a 38-year-old Chinese woman, surnamed Ching (青), and a Taiwanese man managing the operation, surnamed Hsieh (謝).
According to an initial investigation, the call center operators would post ads for sexual services online and use the social media app LINE to lure customers. The ads would boast “I provide professional services others don’t,” and would include the prostitute’s photos, age, measurements, services offered, and price. [FULL STORY]
