My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 253

“That’s why it’s so expensive.”

Kim Woo-sung said it as if he didn’t care much.

“You seem to know about it?”

“We’re mercenaries. Frankly, even if we don’t want to, sometimes the people we’re guarding go to places like that.”

“Is it that expensive?”

“Even here, only the truly capable go to those prostitution rings. In Korean terms, it costs as much as sponsoring a decent celebrity.”

“Wow.”

Saudi Arabia takes responsibility for the basic needs of most of its citizens. So, the people have plenty of leisure.

Even so, if only a very small portion of them go, the cost must be enormous.

“Flight attendants are often exposed to such temptations.”

“I can see that.”

In Saudi Arabia, women’s participation in society is extremely limited due to Sharia law [Islamic religious law]. But surprisingly, they employ women as flight attendants.

Being a flight attendant means traveling all over the world. So, they need to be fluent in English, but in Saudi Arabia, it’s not easy for women to get a proper education.

That’s why Saudi Arabian airlines hire many foreign flight attendants.

And some of them prefer a more dangerous but sure way to make a lot of money rather than a tough flight schedule.

“In reality, prostitution is illegal, but they don’t really punish it.”

It’s not like Korea, where they can’t punish it because there are too many cases. On the contrary, it’s because there are so many influential people using it that they can’t touch it.

“I saw it in the records too. They didn’t even report her missing.”

But she was found dead after only two weeks.

“But in places like this, there’s no evidence.”

Kim Woo-sung said, looking around. The sandstorm blowing from the desolate desert had already completely erased the evidence.

“It also says they couldn’t determine where she went missing.”

Nothing was found near the accommodation, and she didn’t say where she was going. That’s why the Saudi Arabian police have completely given up and are just leaving it alone.

“Hmm….”

Park Do-joon looked around at those words. As Kim Woo-sung said, there’s a high possibility that they won’t find anything in a place like this.

In this kind of desert, sand dunes often move. Sand blown by the wind settles in different locations, covering everything.

Of course, if a body disappears like that, it will never be found. Even if it is accidentally exposed, it will be buried again in the dunes within a short time if no one finds it.

Park Do-joon stared at the desert for a while, thinking, and then said,

“The culprit is probably a local.”

“A local? That’s obvious….”

“It’s not necessarily obvious. Do you know how many people work in Saudi Arabia?”

“Ah, that’s true.”

“Saudi Arabia is a country overflowing with money. They take care of their citizens’ lives with oil money.”

But this isn’t an era where everything can be replaced by machines. Of course, someone has to work. And most of the workers in Saudi Arabia come from outside, from neighboring poor countries.

At one time, many Korean workers worked in the Middle East.

“But why do you think it’s a local? Frankly, there are so many foreign workers here.”

At those words, Park Do-joon turned and headed to the vehicle he had arrived in. And he tapped it, making a sound.

“Why are you riding this?”

“Pardon?”

“This vehicle. Is it called a Hummer?”

The Hummer, a civilian version of the military Humvee, is the vehicle Park Do-joon and his group are currently riding in.

“Because it’s safe. And it can easily go to any terrain.”

“That’s right. It can easily go to any terrain. So, how would the culprit have come here?”

“Ah, I see. This is a terrain where it’s not easy for vehicles to enter.”

A typical terrain full of sand dunes. And a terrain where sand dunes appear and disappear depending on the time of day. The biggest problem in such places is that there are limits to where vehicles can move.

People think that vehicles can go anywhere, but there are limits. You can still drive on unpaved roads with a regular car, but driving a regular car in a place full of sand like this is practically suicide.

Once the wheels get stuck, it’s not easy to get them out. Especially two-wheel-drive vehicles, which are used in most cars, are very weak on terrain like sand dunes or snowfields.

“The culprit probably drives a four-wheel-drive vehicle. But four-wheel-drive vehicles are generally expensive.”

Even in Korea, four-wheel drive is considered a fairly expensive vehicle.

Inevitably, due to the nature of four-wheel drive, the car body must be stronger, and the system itself is heavy, so fuel efficiency is bound to be worse.

“A foreign worker wouldn’t have a reason to buy a four-wheel drive.”

Just because you live in Saudi Arabia doesn’t mean everyone has to buy a four-wheel drive. Because most people don’t have to go out into the desert. Even if they do, it’s only for a short tour, not to live in the desert.

So, most people live in the city, and in the city, two-wheel drive is much safer and more comfortable.

“But if it’s a two-wheel drive instead of a four-wheel drive in these sand dunes, it will 100% get stuck.”

Especially considering the distance they’ve traveled, the probability of getting stuck increases even more. Sand dunes themselves are made of light sand that is blown around by the wind, so once you start getting stuck, there’s no easy way to get out.

“Foreign workers would use two-wheel drive, definitely.”

Kim Woo-sung nodded as if he agreed with that idea. Most of the foreign workers he had seen so far used passenger cars, that is, two-wheel-drive vehicles.

“Of course, it’s not that no one uses four-wheel drive for work, but that’s literally for work.”

In the case of items used by multiple people, the possibility of the crime being discovered is much greater.

“And the culprit is probably the son of a middle-class family.”

“The son of a middle-class family?”

“Yes, not very rich, but not very poor either.”

“I don’t understand?”

“Saudi Arabia is a rich country. But it’s not a communist country.”

“So?”

“And it’s a polygamous country.”

In this case, what happens? That is, some people have many wives. From a realistic point of view, this is not a good phenomenon. Why did human history develop into monogamy? Because of social rules? No. Social rules are bound to be influenced by reality.

“The common feature of polygamous countries is that the male mortality rate is abnormally high.”

So, the common feature of those countries is that there are too many women left and not enough men. In fact, Saudi Arabia had no choice but to be in that environment in the past.

They discovered oil and started exploiting it in modern times, and before that, except for some areas, it was an uninhabitable area, so they had a predatory culture.

And that predatory culture runs on the death of men on both sides. Whether attacking or defending, men are mobilized and die as soldiers.

“So, they secure the survival of the surviving families and children through polygamy.”

Such polyandry was not a harem that men like, but closer to a protection measure for the bereaved families of the deceased. The problem is that there is no more looting or war.

Of course, the possibility of a woman being left alone is also reduced. Furthermore, in a polygamous situation, most women want to enter a wealthy house as the twentieth wife, not as the only wife of a poor house.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia is a country where extreme discrimination against women is still alive. The preference for sons in Korea and China is simply a conceptual area of having to continue the lineage, but in Saudi Arabia, women are treated as less than human.

Saudi Arabia only allowed women to drive in the 21st century. But even that is only possible by law, and there are almost no female drivers because everyone around them gives them all kinds of glares.

In fact, even if it is legally allowed, it is a reality that female drivers are openly attacked, and the police do not even investigate such things, so women refuse to drive.

“In that situation, someone can’t get married.”

“Someone….”

Everyone seemed to understand something at the unexpected words. There are many men who cannot marry in Korea and China.

Marriage is becoming increasingly difficult due to all sorts of reasons, such as the other person’s conditions not matching or being poor.

Even in countries with monogamy, what about Islamic countries with polygamy? Furthermore, it is said that the number of Saudi Arabian royal family members exceeds 10,000. The number of women they occupy will never be small.

And in such extreme countries, they don’t give birth to girls well. After all, even if they give birth, they are treated a little better than animals and treated as tools.

So, it’s natural for the sex ratio to be shattered.

“At least Korea and other countries have some tolerance for prostitution.”

Of course, it’s illegal. But they don’t impose the death penalty or imprisonment for doing that. Usually, it’s just a fine, and if the rumor spreads, they’re just ashamed.

But what about here? If you engage in prostitution, it’s a severe punishment.

“But what about rape? You may remember, but there was such an incident in Korea, a gang rape case by minors.”

“Ah, I remember that. That case was absurd.”

An incident in which dozens of people raped a female student, but a region united to prevent reporting and punishment.

In the end, most of the criminals avoided punishment, and even the local police ignored the female student, saying, ‘Don’t embarrass our region.’

In addition, a human being who was a friend of the rapist became a police officer and openly sniped at the victim, saying, ‘I will listen to the rapist’s opinion with respect,’ but he was promoted in the police station just because he was a woman.

“Do you know what was said at that time?”

“I know, because that was when I was a student.”

Kim Woo-sung sighed deeply.

“If my memory is correct, did they say that if a woman is desperate, she should rather rape?”

“That’s right.”

If you rape, you will not be punished because you are a minor. Even though dozens of people forcibly raped for several months, they were not properly punished because they were minors.

“Korea is like that, but what about here?”

A country ruled by Sharia law [Islamic religious law], where you cannot avoid severe punishment for prostitution unless you have a decent backing. But if you rape, the victimized woman will be honor-killed, but the man will be covered up without any problems.

No, in the first place, unless you are caught on the spot, a proper investigation will not proceed.

Profiler by trade