SEOUL: A Telegram crime ring that sexually exploited over 234 individuals, including 159 minors, since 2020 has been busted by police in Seoul, in what is believed to be one of the largest digital sex crime cases in the country, officials said on Thursday (Jan 23).
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Cybercrime Investigation Unit has arrested 14 members of the ring, including the 33-year-old man who allegedly formed the group in May 2020 and led its network of sexual exploitation in hundreds of encrypted chatrooms on Telegram.
