HCM City prostitution ring for foreigners busted
(VOV) - Nine people have been arrested for getting involved in a large-scale prostitution ring to provide sex workers to foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City.
They were identified as Nguyen Tan Dat,( born in 1982), Nguyen Phuoc Hieu, (1983), Pham Duy Tan, ( 1974), Hua Thi Anh Hang, ( 1975), Duong Quoc Dung, ( 1992), Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh, (1972), Nguyen Thi Bich Thu, ( 1967), Phan Dinh Ngoc Phuoc, (1990), and Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung, (1966).
In late 2012 local police were informed of a prostitution ring which only served foreigners at four nightclubs on Hai Ba Trung Street, District 1.
After several months of investigation, local police raided the night clubs on June 16 and caught four couples in the act of sexual intercourse. A total of 53 suspects were arrested for questioning.
At the investigation office, they confessed that these disguised brothels operated from 6pm to 2am to provide 15-20 sex workers for foreigners, each getting paid for somewhere between US$50-100.
The investigation is still going on.