‘Doorless’ Osaka sex parlors raking in ¥500 million raided by cops

OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 58-year-old man and 15 of his employees for allegedly operating a highly lucrative network of sex parlors that provided illicit services in plain sight, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 21).

Kazuhisa Kato, the de facto owner of three parlors including one named JanJan, and 15 men and women working at the establishments face charges of public indecency, police announced on Wednesday.

According to police, the three parlors were housed inside the same multi-tenant building near JR Kyobashi Station in Miyakojima Ward. Inside, the shops featured six to seven service areas separated by partitions only one meter high.

Because the booths lacked doors, male customers had their lower bodies exposed while receiving sexual services in a state that could easily be seen by third parties, prompting police to pursue public indecency charges. The alleged offenses took place between July and October of this year.

All 16 suspects have admitted to the allegations.

During questioning, Kato and his associates revealed the staggering scale of the operation. “Each shop had about 100 to 150 customers a day, and we made around 500 million yen in sales in a single year,” they told investigators. The parlors advertised their cheap rates online, offering 20-minute sessions for just 3,500 yen.

The syndicate went to great lengths to avoid a police raid. Investigators discovered multiple security cameras installed at the entrances and an anti-police manual distributed to staff. If authorities were spotted, staff were instructed to flick the room lights off and on twice — a secret signal for the female workers to immediately halt the sexual services.

The illicit operation was finally uncovered after the Miyakojima Police Station received a tip-off in December of last year regarding a shop offering illegal sexual services. Authorities are continuing to investigate the full extent of the organization’s finances and operations.

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大阪（TR）——据《产经新闻》（10月21日）报道，大阪府警方逮捕了一名58岁男子及其15名员工，他们涉嫌经营一个利润丰厚的性交易场所网络，这些场所明目张胆地提供非法服务。

警方周三宣布，三家按摩院（包括一家名为 JanJan 的按摩院）的实际经营者加藤和久以及在这些按摩院工作的 15 名男女面临公共猥亵罪的指控。

据警方称，这三家美发店位于宫古岛区JR京桥站附近的一栋多租户建筑内。店内设有六至七个服务区，彼此之间仅用一米高的隔板隔开。

由于这些包厢没有门，男性顾客在接受性服务时下半身暴露在外，很容易被第三方看到，因此警方以公共猥亵罪对其提起诉讼。据称，这些违法行为发生在今年7月至10月之间。

所有16名嫌疑人均已承认指控。

在审讯过程中，加藤及其同伙透露了该非法场所惊人的规模。“每家店每天大约有100到150名顾客，我们一年的营业额就达到了约5亿日元，”他们告诉调查人员。这些场所通过网络宣传其低廉的价格，提供20分钟仅需3500日元的服务。

该犯罪集团竭尽全力避免警方突袭。调查人员发现入口处安装了多个监控摄像头，并且向员工分发了一份反警手册。手册指示，如果执法人员被发现，员工要将房间的灯快速开关两次——这是女性员工立即停止性服务的秘密信号。

去年12月，宫古岛警察署接到举报，称一家店铺提供非法性服务，最终该非法活动被揭露。目前，警方正在继续调查该组织的财务状况和运作方式。

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