My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 310

Because most day labor jobs on-site are paid in cash. Of course, legally, records of those who worked are supposed to be kept.

Like a resident registration number, in the case of foreigners, their alien registration number is supposed to be recorded.

But the problem is that these records aren’t properly checked.

Because when it comes to taxes, there’s no way to verify whether they actually worked or not.

In other words, even if someone worked only one day, their resident registration number could be used to claim they worked all 30 days, and the money could be siphoned off. Conversely, to save money, an illegal alien without an alien registration number could be employed, and no work record would be created at all.

In fact, this kind of labor cost manipulation is one of the most common ways for construction companies to create slush funds.

“I know. But the profiling isn’t finished yet.”

“It’s not finished yet?”

“The perpetrator won’t have a vehicle. And they’ll likely be someone who enjoys wandering around more than you think.”

He mainly moves through small alleys, avoiding CCTV cameras. These small alleys are places that only locals would know well.

It’s unlikely that someone from out of town would know the internal routes so well.

“Even if you check all the CCTV footage, you can’t possibly check every single camera.”

“What about not having a vehicle?”

“If they had a vehicle, there would be no reason to bother with the alleys.”

They could just go to another city and make a phone call. They could even take the subway.

But he specifically chose to make calls while wandering through alleys.

“In other words, their movement is clearly limited. That means they’re based somewhere within walking distance of those alleys.”

“There are more than a few places like that.”

“Of course. But at the same time, there probably aren’t many people who have been holding out for two years.”

“Pardon?”

“Didn’t I mention it? They’ve been there for two years.”

Construction sites like these tend to have a fairly rapid turnover of personnel.

“Especially in South Korea, construction sites are mostly staffed with foreign labor.”

With very few exceptions, there is almost no Korean labor, and the remaining labor force has been absorbed into specialized areas.

Even in specialized technical areas like carpentry, electrical work, and plastering, Chinese workers are increasingly expanding their presence.

“It’s gotten to the point where people say you can’t use Koreans on construction sites.”

It’s not that Koreans can’t do the work, but even if you want to hire Koreans, the existing Chinese workers on the construction site create a hostile environment and drive them out.

This is actually one of the biggest problems in the construction industry.

“There probably aren’t many Korean laborers who have been settled and working continuously for two years.”

“Ah!”

Chinese laborers don’t stay long due to visa issues. Working as a day laborer on a construction site will never get your visa extended. So, they have to repeatedly leave and re-enter the country.

What about Koreans? It’s not that there aren’t any, but experts move around to sites that need them, according to the timing.

An electrician has nothing to do at the beginning of construction. Plastering is needed around the middle stage, but not at the beginning or end. Naturally, a carpenter is needed at the beginning, but not towards the end when it’s almost complete.

“And people usually try to work near their homes. That goes for criminals and ordinary people alike.”

Because that’s how they can save money. For example, if someone from Cheonan is working in Seoul and suddenly a large construction site opens in Cheonan, what will they do?

Naturally, they’ll go to the construction site in Cheonan. Because if they commute from their own home, they can save on food and lodging expenses.

That alone would easily be over a million won a month [roughly $800 USD]. But working in one place for two years?

“And they probably have a pretty good relationship with the Chinese.”

“Out of the blue?”

“It’s not out of the blue. As I said before, Korea can’t function without the Chinese.”

That’s why Koreans are being driven out due to the hostile environment if they don’t have a good relationship with the Chinese.

In some areas, the Chinese have even risen up, threatening companies, firing site managers, and installing Chinese in their place.

From the company’s perspective, the construction period is fixed, so they have no choice but to meet that deadline. If the Chinese laborers, who are a crucial workforce, don’t work, the construction period will inevitably be extended.

“The Chinese attacks are more intense than you think. They go beyond simply not working.”

In fact, they sometimes sabotage by attacking people who are trying to work, all to achieve their goals.

“So, that’s why you say they have a good relationship with the Chinese.”

“That’s right. So, their living space is likely in an area with many Chinese.”

“Living space?”

“Yes, in areas with many Korean laborers, they often unite and confront the Chinese labor force.”

From the Korean perspective, aside from the fact that they’re seen as trying to steal their jobs, they can’t like them because they don’t work properly, which causes many defects.

To what extent? There was an apartment construction site where Chinese laborers destroyed all the toilet doors.

The reason was simply that they weren’t used to having toilet doors because they don’t build them in China.

Logically, they wouldn’t do such a thing if they didn’t have power, but the reality is that Korean construction is impossible to maintain without the Chinese.

In the end, the numerically smaller Korean laborers have no choice but to give in.

“Realistically, you can’t work in these places if you’re disliked by the Chinese laborers.”

This is especially true for large-scale apartment complex constructions that require a large workforce.

Ironically, the current reality in South Korea is that Korean laborers are pushed out of large-scale construction due to being outnumbered and end up wandering around small construction sites like villas.

“A man in his late 40s who is friendly with the Chinese and has been living in Incheon for over two years…”

This was such a precise prediction that the police officers looked hopeful.

“There aren’t many inns where people stay for two years.”

“Hmm…”

Surely there wouldn’t be many places like that. Naturally, the inns would remember that.

“So, if you ask over the phone, they’ll probably answer honestly.”

Generally, inns tend to answer as sincerely as possible when the police ask if there are any suspicious people.

Large hotels value customer privacy, so they don’t disclose that information easily, but motels and inns try to maintain a good relationship with the police because there’s a high possibility of an accident if a strange person comes.

“What if they say no?”

“Just say one thing. In the event of an emergency, there are limitations to protecting them from our side.”

Of course, there’s probably nothing that could happen to a no-show perpetrator, but that one sentence alone would be enough to make the inn feel burdened.

“Then we might be able to find him more easily than we thought.”

Joo Joong-tae clicked his tongue and said. He thought they might not be able to find him, but he was being identified so easily.

“It’s not 100% accurate, but you’ll be able to find him more easily than you think.”

# You Want Me to Pay Up? I’ll Make You Pay.

Finding the perpetrator wasn’t difficult. If someone lives in the same accommodation for about two years, there’s no way they wouldn’t know. In fact, they were able to find a suspicious person living in a shabby motel.

“It’s within a 40-minute walk from all locations.”

At this point, it wasn’t impossible to make phone calls while walking around.

“The owner says he works as a day laborer and often goes out for walks.”

There are no parks, mountains, or lakes nearby where he could take a walk, so his walks must be limited to wandering around the neighborhood.

And it’s only natural that someone like that would know this area well. Identifying him wasn’t difficult. But at the same time, arresting him wasn’t easy either.

“The arrest warrant hasn’t been issued.”

Joo Joong-tae said with a long sigh, and Park Do-joon frowned.

“The warrant hasn’t been issued?”

“They said, ‘What kind of arrest warrant are you requesting for a mere no-show case?'”

“Do they realize there’s a high risk of him fleeing?”

“I told them. But they said, ‘He’s just a no-show perpetrator, why would we arrest him?'”

“That’s unbelievable.”

The damage amounts to nearly 200 million won [approximately $150,000 USD]. If he had committed the crime in another area, the damage would have far exceeded 200 million won.

But they know that and still won’t issue an arrest warrant.

“Looks like we got stuck with an incompetent judge.”

“Should we arrest him for now?”

“No. He’ll run away.”

He has no identified residence and no fixed workplace. He doesn’t have any proper assets either.

“He’ll 100% run away.”

You can predict the possibility of someone fleeing by looking at their situation. Right now, the judge is arresting people if they give him money and not arresting them if he doesn’t like them, but originally, profiling includes an analysis method for arrest targets.

Because the act of arrest is ultimately an important legal process to prevent additional crimes and prevent escape.

So, it’s normal to determine the criminal’s psychology, financial status, psychological stability, possibility of destroying evidence, and other factors, and if it’s determined that this person is likely to flee, they should be arrested.

However, in Korea, arrests are decided based on the judge’s arbitrary judgment rather than such psychological analysis, so attempts to escape or destroy evidence often occur.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that if we make an emergency arrest in the current situation, there’s a 100% chance he’ll flee.”

Because there’s no psychological brake or financial brake to keep him fixed in one area.

“On the other hand, the punishment he could receive is more severe than you think.”

The judge thinks it’s just a no-show, but if the damage is about 200 million won, it clearly falls into the realm of obstruction of business.

So, the criminal punishment will be more severe than you think, and even if he’s just a day laborer, he probably knows about civil matters.

To avoid such seizures and other actions, the perpetrator will inevitably have to flee.

“Then what should we do? It doesn’t look like a warrant will be issued in this state.”

Joo Joong-tae was worried.

“Moreover, there’s a high possibility that this kind of guy will do worse if he runs away.”

‘This is troublesome.’

This guy relieves his stress in the form of no-shows. The fact that the police are tracking him is a significant stress factor, and to relieve that, it’s likely to continue in the form of no-shows.

If he commits no-show crimes and lives as a wandering day laborer across the country, it will be impossible to arrest him in the current situation in South Korea.