Methods and tricks of prostitution disguised as 'sugar baby - sugar daddy'

About the method and means of operationprostitutiontransformed into the form of "sugar baby - sugar daddy"(Sugar babies are understood to be young men - can be girls or boys for hire, have good looks, need to be provided for weekly, monthly or yearly; sugar daddies are rich men, mostly older, who need to have emotional and sexual relationships with women who are not their wives), Lieutenant General To An Xo said: In recent times, especially when the Covid-19 epidemic is complicated, prostitution activities in the form of "sugar babies - sugar daddies" are becoming more and more popular in Vietnam. This activity is mainly through closed groups and closed forums on the internet, which are difficult to detect by authorities. This form has been transformed, exploited, and poses potential risks and the possibility of prostitution crimes and other violations of the law.

Typically, the Cau Giay District Police (Hanoi City) dismantled a prostitution ring operating under the form of "sugar baby - sugar daddy" led by Ha Trong Thang (born in 1993, residing in Quang Nam), with dozens of young girls participating in October 2021...

Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security.

These groups and forums, depending on different conditions, have from dozens to thousands of members participating and are often expressed in the following forms:

One is a closed group, consisting of a group of people who are prostitutes (sugar babies), the admins (managers) of the group are professional sex brokers or admins who are both brokers and prostitutes. An admin can create and manage many different closed groups. A sex worker can also join many different closed groups to have the opportunity to reach many people who want to buy sex.

Second, the closed group consists of people who want to buy sex (sugar, daddy, mamy), the admin of the group is a professional sex broker. Professional sex brokers can create many different closed groups, many people who want to buy sex can also join many different closed groups to easily broker and buy sex.

Third, the closed forum, which includes a group of people who are prostitutes (sugar babies), sex brokers, and people who want to buy sex (sugar, daddy, mamy). Usually, the admin of this forum group is a professional sex broker.

On the harmful effects and consequences of prostitutionas “sugar baby - sugar daddy”,Lieutenant General To An Xo warned:

Firstly, for those who participate in using the “sugar baby - sugar daddy” service, there is a very high risk of becoming victims of criminal activities, creating opportunities for bad guys to abuse such as: threatening and blackmailing when being recorded, filmed and having a huge impact on family life. Social networking groups are always considered a fertile ground for scammers to target, so users need to be very alert when accessing these websites.

Second, "sugar babies - sugar daddies" can become victims of robbery, extortion, fraud, threats to life, spirit and body. Sugar babies, daddies, and many are easy to approach for criminals to commit crimes.

Third, the transformation of prostitution into the form of "sugar baby - sugar daddy" through closed groups and closed forums with the above characteristics, along with other negative cultural and social factors under the dark side of the market mechanism, is one of the conditions leading to the "rejuvenation" of prostitutes, prostitution brokers and the situation where people in need of buying sex in general, prostitution related to foreigners in particular, will easily meet the need to buy sex, including the most "sick" requests, causing bad public opinion for society, other negative impacts affecting security and order.

Faced with this development, the Ministry of Public Security has directed professional units and local police to proactively grasp the situation and plan to deploy the fight against this type of crime that has many potential risks and consequences in the coming time; at the same time, it is recommended that the "sugar baby - sugar daddy" model will continue to transform into many other forms.

The Ministry of Public Security proactively coordinates with relevant departments and agencies to strengthen state management of security and order, especially residence management and management of foreigners; strengthen inspections of establishments and business lines with conditions that are prone to social evils in order to promptly detect violations, loopholes and shortcomings in management work to take timely preventive measures, combat and handle them, and not let prostitution take advantage of the "sugar baby - sugar daddy" model to operate./.