6 'Pimps' Busted Running Prostitution Business Via Facebook

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Online prostitution as illegal business venture, has existed for quite some time with little action from the authority in terms of its abolishment.

For procurers, or what we colloquially heard as 'pimps', internet is the most effective and efficient medium to run a prostitution business as it cost less and much more profiting with connections enlarged to regional and global scale. 

Using the internet, pimps do not have to rent a place to facilitate his/her workers or to feed them. 

Furthermore, using online method, pimps can easily put photos, explanation, pricing, attractive design and many other type of information that make their job easier.

Special criminal Investigation Agency for Cybercrime (Ditreskrimsus) has successfully revealed 5 online prostitution businesses in the last two weeks. 

It was not too difficult to detect these illegal businesses as they explicitly promotes their activity using social media platform such as Twitter, Facebook, specific website with 'provocative' title, Wechat and personal blogs. 

The opening up of 5 cases led to the arrest of 6 suspected procurers and 8 commercial sex workers.

"For the last two weeks Sub directorate for Cybercrime issue presented yet another finding of online prostitution operated using Facebook and Twitter account. There are 6 procurers that we currently detained, 5 men and 1 female," Ditreskrimsus Officer, informed, Wednesday (17/6/2015). (Akp/Ein)