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First Major Crackdown of 2024: Coordinated Searches of Illegal Sex-Industry Network Across Seven Prefectures
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First Major Crackdown of 2024: Coordinated Searches of Illegal Sex-Industry Network Across Seven Prefectures

As its priority enforcement action at the start of the year, the National Police Agency had police in seven prefectures coordinate to conduct simultaneous searches of illegal sex-industry shops and scouting organizations. A total of 23 locations were searched, and 18 people were arrested or referred to prosecutors. The action sent a tense signal through the industry as a 'declaration' of a tough enforcement stance for 2024.