21-year-old 'madam' detained for running thousand-dollar sex tour ring
Thao connected with many prostitutes and also introduced some girls as flight attendants for domestic airlines to increase the price of prostitution.
On May 13, the Criminal Police Department, Ministry of Public Security, announced that it had detained Tran Thi Thanh Thao (born 2000), residing in Ho Chi Minh City, for the act of "Prostitution broker".
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| Subject Tran Thi Thanh Thao |
Based on collected documents, at around 8:00 p.m. on May 7, the working group of Department 4, Criminal Police Department presided over and coordinated with units under the Hanoi City Police to administratively inspect an apartment building in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi. During the administrative inspection, the police discovered 2 bedrooms with 2 couples of men and women engaging in prostitution. Immediately after that, the police summoned Tran Thi Thanh Thao.
At the police station, Thao confessed that on May 7, he had agreed with a customer to hire two prostitutes for 25 million VND/person/session. After the agreement was reached, the customer transferred a deposit of 15 million VND to Thao's account.
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| 2 prostitutes in the ring run by Thao |
On the afternoon of May 7, Thao sent prostitute DTT (born in 1994), from Kien Giang province, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi and another prostitute NTTO (born in 1997), from Da Nang, who was in Hanoi, to the above apartment. When the two prostitutes arrived, the customer transferred the remaining amount of 35 million VND to Thao via his account. During the act, the couple was caught red-handed by the police.
According to the Criminal Police Department, Tran Thi Thanh Thao is a lesbian with no stable job and has been running a prostitution brokerage business for a long time.
Since the beginning of 2021, Thao has regularly used her personal Zalo account to create groups to connect and exchange with sex workers and sex buyers in many provinces and cities across the country to broker prostitution. Thao is the leader of Zalo groups called "Hanoi Street", "Beggar Group"... In addition, to attract customers, Thao connected with many long-legged, beautiful, and well-shaped prostitutes, and also introduced some girls as flight attendants for domestic airlines to increase the price of prostitution.
Accordingly, the prostitution ring run by Thao ranges from 10 million VND to 40 million VND per session. Overnight or sex tour costs from 4,000 USD to 5,000 USD per session depending on the beauty and reputation of the prostitute. The buyer must transfer money to Thao's bank account, the prostitute receives 60%, and Thao receives 40%.
