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South Korean authorities have dismantled a sophisticated criminal network that combined illegal pornography and online gambling, generating an estimated 47.6 billion won in illicit revenue while victimizing children to attract betting customers.
Singapore authorities have arrested nine people—eight men and a woman aged 20 to 41—over alleged sexual exploitation of two minors. The suspects face multiple charges including trafficking and obtaining commercial sexual services from children.
An Indonesian court has convicted all 19 members of a human trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of babies, including at least 12 to Singapore. The mastermind received seven years imprisonment.
Thai authorities have arrested a 28-year-old boxing camp manager in Rayong province on charges of trafficking underage boys for sexual services. Police rescued 12 children and are searching for a Norwegian national allegedly involved in the scheme.
Indonesian prosecutors have sought sentences of up to 10 years for members of a baby trafficking ring that allegedly sold at least 34 infants, with at least 12 sent to Singapore, in one of the region's largest cross-border human trafficking cases.
A Thai criminal court has handed down a 7.5-year prison sentence to a woman convicted of human trafficking after she forced her 12-year-old daughter into sexual servitude at a Tokyo massage parlour.