Leaders of Kansai-Based Human-Trafficking Ring Arrested; 20 Southeast Asian Women Victimized
On the 14th, Osaka and Hyogo prefectural police arrested four leaders of a human-trafficking ring based in Osaka and Kobe. The group is alleged to have lured women from Southeast Asian countries on fraudulent work visas and forced them into commercial sex work. At least 20 women were victimized.