Breaking up prostitution ring of 20 million VND/time by 18-year-old 'madam'

On July 14, the Criminal Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) is detaining Nguyen Thi Huong (born 1995, in Hanoi) and Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngan (born 2002, in Ho Chi Minh City) to clarify the act of prostitution brokerage.

According to the investigation documents, Huong and Ngan used to work as beauticians in Ho Chi Minh City and knew each other. After that, Huong went to Hanoi to connect with Ngan to set up a prostitution ring in many provinces and cities.

Nguyen Thi Huong

Through social relationships, the two beautiful “madams” recruited “long legs” under the age of 25, with good looks, to join this network. The group of customers they targeted for prostitution were businessmen, high-income earners, and tycoons.

With a personal Facebook page with more than 15,000 followers, Ngan often posts sexy photos of herself and Huong along with photos of long-legged girls to find sex buyers. When customers have a need, Ngan and Huong send photos of prostitutes, then negotiate the price and location.

When the customer contacts, if in Ho Chi Minh City, Huong will call Ngan to notify her to arrange staff, or vice versa, Ngan will notify Huong if the customer is in Hanoi and the northern provinces.

The customer will transfer a 30% deposit into Huong's account. Then, Huong will divide it with Ngan and pay the prostitute.

According to the investigation, customers have to pay 10-20 million VND for each night with a "long-legged" girl. If they go on a long tour, the price can go up to hundreds of millions of VND. Huong and Ngan profit 30% of the money received.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngan

On July 5, during a simultaneous raid on several hotels in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, four working groups from the Criminal Police Department discovered six couples engaged in prostitution. Among the prostitutes caught red-handed, Huong was directly selling sex with two other girls for VND10 million each in Hanoi.

In Ho Chi Minh City, 3 customers who bought sex also had to pay 10 million VND each for one "fun" session.