Traffickers take over half the earnings of women they import for camptown bars

Evidence

Once a month, the promoter who imported the women comes for their salaries. The bar owner pays him a percentage of drink sales, and the promoter usually takes at least half. He tells the government that he pays the women South Korea’s minimum monthly wage, about 900. Typically, the women actually make around 300 to $500 a month. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 506

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing how promoters launder the wage declaration and whether authorities ever audit it.