Twelve arrested in police crackdown on Hong Kong’s largest prostitution listing website
- Officers raided 18 locations on Monday, including flats, businesses and two suspected website support centres
- HK$1 million in cash, computers, phones, prepaid phone cards and website promotion cards seized, with another HK$2.5 million frozen
Police have raided Hong Kong’s largest prostitution listing website, go141.com, and arrested 12 men, one of whom allegedly masterminded the operation from his prison cell.
In an operation code-named Lakemirror, officers from the organised crime and triad bureau launched raids on 18 locations across the city on Monday, including residential flats, businesses and two suspected website support centres.
An investigation into the website was first launched last year over its alleged triad links, police revealed at a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
Twelve local men, aged 25 to 59, were arrested for allegedly living on the prostitution earnings of others, money laundering and loan-sharking. Among them was a 55-year-old Chan Pau-chi, who was already serving time for running a previous version of the website known as sex141.com.
Investigators said they believed Chan was also the man behind go141.com, which featured advertisements for sexual services in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other locations.
