Police bust vice racket behind city's biggest porn website Sex 141
Thursday, 05 December, 2013, 8:57pm
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Clifford Lo [email protected]
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A vice racket that pocketed an estimated HK$60 million a year running the city's biggest porn website has been smashed by police following the arrest of 114 people in the past three days.

Officers seized three computer servers in Kwai Chung used to host the Sex 141 site, which featured advertisements for hundreds of prostitutes.

Police also closed down a production house, photo studio and publication company run by the syndicate in Sham Shui Po. The publication company released a monthly magazine advertising prostitute services.

Senior Superintendent Joseph Au Chin-chau of the New Territories South regional crime unit said the syndicate generated income from advertisements on the website and in the magazine.

"Each local sex worker was charged up to HK$1,500 a month for advertising their services on both platforms," Au said.

"Other gangs who arranged for mainland prostitutes to come to Hong Kong to work were charged between HK$5,100 and HK$18,200 each for 12 days of advertising of sex workers."

At the studio in Sham Shui Po, sex workers were offered a free make-up service and costumes such as school uniforms before having photographs taken and videos made, police said.

"The photographs and video clips were then sent to the production house before being uploaded to the site," Au said.

The syndicate used more than 100 bank accounts to launder illegal proceeds, according to police.

Since Tuesday, more than 250 officers have raided 38 locations, including several hotels, across the city and arrested 114 people aged 17 to 63. Officers also seized HK$3.2 million in cash.

[ Last edited by  JackTheBat at 6-12-2013 13:35 ]

But it seems like the owners of the walkup building themselves aren't that affected? Or are they all connected?

There are other sites available out there.Regular punters should know them but let's not mention any names of the other sites in case they go after them too.I'm sure it's still ok to visit the single operations. I'm wondering whether 37 dundas and k pressure were busted.

Fellow punters this will all pass over before you know it

[ Last edited by  stoked at 7-12-2013 17:48 ]

Years ago, I was in one of the walk ups chilling with one of the ladies who advertises here.  It was a great session and her last one.  We chatted quite a bit  and had a great rapport.  I treated her for late snacks, on temple street, it was almost about to close it was so late, so after some mantis shrimp, veggies, beer and dried garlic mud crabs we went our separate ways but during the conversation she told me her expenses which included $40 per day at that time, I counted the girls on the site, SERIOUS $$$ and wondered from that day how 141 stayed alive under HK LAW.