Two elderly Hong Kong sisters arrested for allegedly running prostitution ring out of luxury Mid-Levels flat
Suspects, aged 60 and 72, believed to have used 1,000 sq ft home as 24-hour call centre for syndicate controlling sex workers from Russia, Eastern Europe and South America
Hong Kong police have arrested two elderly sisters suspected of running a prostitution ring after raiding their luxury Mid-Levels home, believed to have served as a 24-hour call centre for the syndicate.
Officers from the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau raided the flat – measuring more than 1,000 sq ft – in residential building Tavistock II on Tregunter Path on Tuesday, arresting the owner, 60, and her sister, 72, and seizing a large quantity of evidence, including HK$10 million (US$1.27 million) in cash, share certificates and a car.
The younger sister allegedly controlled the syndicate, using the flat to take calls from customers seeking sex services. The elder sister is believed to have been her assistant.
Chief Inspector Paul Ng Yu-fan, from the bureau, said a website operated by the ring carried pictures of expat women who worked as prostitutes, promoting all-day high-quality escort and massage services for upwards of HK$7,000 per session, depending on the duration.
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The website, which targeted foreign visitors to Hong Kong, claimed all the sex workers were students or models and their services were legal in the city.
Five other women – three suspected prostitutes from Venezuela and Russia and two domestic workers – were also arrested in the same operation.