Defendant

A shall be punished by a fine of 3,00,000 won and by imprisonment of 8 months for each of the defendants B.

Defendant

A The above fine shall be imposed.

Punishment of the crime

Defendant

A is a business owner in the name of the 5th floor of the business establishment of sexual traffic, which is "D," located on the 5th floor of the Simsan-dong-gu Seoul Metropolitan City, and the defendant B is a person who is the actual operator of the above business establishment and has overall control over the employment of women in sexual traffic, customer reception, fund management, etc.

1. Defendant B, upon request from the visually disabled person A, proceeded with the registration of the business entity and the lease contract for the said business establishment in the name of the visually disabled person A. The Defendant promised to pay KRW 2.7 million per month in return for providing the said business to the customer who found the said business establishment prior to sexual traffic. On October 26, 2019, the Defendant opened the said business establishment at the said place.

The Defendant had 20 guest rooms and four shower rooms (area 597.17 square meters) in the above business establishment, and arranged to receive approximately KRW 1.60,00 won from many unspecified male customers who visited the above business establishment over a total of 23 occasions from November 28, 2019 to December 7, 2019 and to receive approximately KRW 1.60,00 won from unspecified male customers who visited the above business establishment and to have sexual intercourse with E employed as a woman of sexual traffic in the above business establishment.

Accordingly, the defendant committed commercial sex acts such as arranging commercial sex acts.

2. Although Defendant A knew of the fact that Defendant B intended to operate a commercial sex acts, as described in paragraph (1), he, upon request from B on October 2019, the Defendant leased the Defendant’s name in the lease contract and business registration around October 25, 2019, and made the Defendant use the passbook in the name of the Defendant to the above B so that he can manage the profits arising from the act of arranging commercial sex acts, and made it easier to arrange commercial sex acts in the above B by providing the customer who was found to work as the head office of the said business, and by providing the marina services to the customer who was found to engage in commercial sex acts.

Accordingly, the Defendant assisted the above acts such as arranging sexual traffic in B.

Summary of Evidence

1. Defendants’ respective legal statements 1.