My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 450

“So, why did you call me? I thought the slave issue was resolved.”

“One of the police officers from that special investigation unit said something suspicious.”

“What did they say?”

“They rescued a lot of slaves from there, right?”

“Yes.”

“But it was only men.”

“Of course. Men are more useful for labor.”

“Then what about women with disabilities?”

Park Do-joon was jolted by those words. Men with intellectual disabilities are often used as slaves on salt farms.

But women with disabilities can’t be used in the same way. They aren’t as effective for labor, and intellectual disabilities don’t negate their sexual desires.

If they’re left in the same space, pregnancies are inevitable. They can’t be killed, abortions are problematic, and they can’t raise the children as slaves either.

Furthermore, women are generally less effective as laborers compared to men, making it difficult to continuously exploit them for labor.

“Come to think of it… that’s right. Half the world is women.”

The probability of being born with a disability is naturally similar across genders. It’s not as if the proportion of missing men is overwhelmingly higher.

Of course, the rate of missing men with disabilities is slightly higher, but it’s also true that a significant number of women with disabilities go missing every year.

“Hmm, I didn’t think about that part.”

Park Do-joon admitted his oversight. He realized that he often focuses on the obvious and overlooks the less visible aspects.

‘Come to think of it, there hasn’t been a single investigation into missing women with disabilities, even before my regression [reincarnation or time travel].’

To be precise, when people think of slaves, they tend to think only of men with disabilities, focusing on physical labor.

But those who buy and sell people for money, and even kill them when necessary, wouldn’t spare women.

“I don’t know who came up with that idea, but it’s a case that everyone has been neglecting.”

“According to the records, the head of the special investigation unit who was assigned to the area 20 years ago noticed something strange because of a missing person.”

“The head of the special investigation unit?”

“Yes, during the investigation, a huge number of missing people were found.”

The special investigation unit searched the entire neighborhood, regardless of the local police complaining about being embarrassed. They received complaints every day, and the salt farm owners filed lawsuits and accusations daily, but they completely ignored them.

“They managed to do that? That’s not easy.”

Even if they are from another region, the police organization is structured in such a way that if the local power brokers and superiors tell them to cover things up, they eventually have to comply.

“Well, this time, things got a bit bigger.”

The head of the special investigation unit who was assigned seems to have had some influence, as they cut off the complaints and pressure coming from the Shinan area and ordered a proper investigation.

“In the process, they found someone who had gone missing 20 years ago. He was fourteen years old at the time of his disappearance.”

He had been living as a salt farm slave in Shinan for 20 years, and they succeeded in rescuing him.

No matter how much they tried to cover it up in Shinan, they couldn’t keep hiding such incidents that kept happening.

“And then?”

“Fortunately, they found his family. The family said he had a sister who went missing with him.”

“A sister?”

“Yes, and it seems like his sister also had intellectual disabilities.”

Park Do-joon frowned at those words.

He could easily understand what that meant.

“Well, it’s not like there aren’t cases like that genetically.”

The problem is that one person was found, but the other disappeared.

“Men are used as labor slaves, but… you know, right? Women aren’t really traded as slaves for labor purposes.”

Jo Sang-gyun, being an experienced person, knows this. Women with disabilities, who lack the physical strength needed for labor and require more care, are not very welcome in the illegal slave market.

“It seems like they’re taking that part seriously.”

“That’s unexpected.”

“What is?”

“Usually, the police are too lazy to work, so they just pretend not to notice even if they realize something is wrong.”

Unfortunately, that’s the reality.

If the police realize something is wrong, will they investigate and solve it? Sadly, only a few police officers do that. Most of them just pretend not to know and pray that no one reports it.

Because that way, their workload won’t increase.

“When you think about it, among the numerous cases that have occurred, missing women with disabilities have never been properly investigated.”

No one knows where they went or what happened to them. Even when slave cases break out, they usually revolve around men with disabilities being exploited for labor, and only a very small number of women with disabilities are involved.

“What do you think?”

“The answer is obvious, actually.”

“Right?”

‘He’s definitely 100 times better than that Lee Chang-man.’

Lee Chang-man wouldn’t have understood this story, let alone realized what it meant.

“It must be a sex slave case.”

“That’s definitely possible.”

In reality, cases of kidnapping ordinary women and turning them into sex slaves happen frequently. And even for ordinary people, escape is almost impossible from being a sex slave.

So, is it possible for a woman with intellectual disabilities to escape?

“Escape is realistically impossible.”

As Park Do-joon analyzed the characteristics of typical sex slave cases in his head, numerous possibilities began to emerge.

“Basically, sex slave cases occur in extremely closed and male-dominated areas.”

Islands or areas with extremely limited access for outsiders. Especially in areas with poor living conditions, male workers often make up the overwhelming majority.

“That’s the biggest reason why industrial areas collapse.”

“That’s true.”

Jo Sang-gyun isn’t stupid, so he knows about that. Even if the government pushes for industrial zones and creates large-scale industrial complexes, it takes a long time for them to stabilize, and in many cases, they don’t even stabilize.

Why is that? Is it because there are no jobs? No.

Is it because there are no houses? If there are no houses, there won’t be people moving into the industrial complex in the first place.

Lack of cultural facilities? Of course, some people argue that. To be precise, they’re just making excuses because they don’t want to admit the reality.

In fact, most people’s everyday cultural life ends with movie theaters, PC rooms, and bars, and they don’t go to musicals or plays every week.

Especially in the case of small and medium-sized enterprise workers, wages are generally low, so they don’t have the luxury to enjoy expensive musicals often. So, the lack of cultural facilities isn’t a reason not to move to the area.

Rather, the biggest problem with industrial complexes is female workers. To be precise, it’s the structure that makes it extremely unlikely for male workers to get married.

A distorted structure where male workers make up 90% and female workers make up less than 10%. Due to the nature of the industrial complex, there’s almost no time to continue meeting after work, so the lack of future possibilities is a serious reason for workers to avoid it.

Since there’s no possibility of marriage, the number of children in the area is inevitably low, and naturally, the learning support system for raising children, such as childcare and academies, is terrible. So, women avoid industrial complexes for the sake of their children’s future, and in the end, it’s a vicious cycle where they can’t get married because there are no women.

“In reality, those places tend to develop adult entertainment structures.”

Jo Sang-gyu said with a bitter expression.

“The problem is that it’s even harder in places where economies of scale haven’t been achieved.”

“Yeah, that’s it.”

At least in such industrial complexes, there’s a structure where entertainment can be maintained to some extent because people can go outside and there are many people.

But what about small islands?

It’s safe to say that there are almost no women who want to get married and move to an island. In the first place, many young women living on islands dream only of going to the mainland and leave the island without hesitation.

Entertainment? That’s only possible on islands that are somewhat large; it’s impossible on islands that aren’t.

“Of course, it’s not like there’s no entertainment on islands.”

But most of those people are driven to the brink. Women working in the entertainment industry are extremely reluctant to go to islands.

Because they feel rough and dangerous, and there’s no one to protect them if something really goes wrong.

In fact, police officers working in such places tend to exploit them as another exploiter rather than protecting them.

“On top of that, sex trafficking crimes can operate in a completely closed structure, unlike labor exploitation crimes.”

In the case of salt farms, they have to work outside, and if you really try to find them, you can quickly rescue and arrest them on the spot just by raiding them. However, in the case of sex trafficking crimes, they often take place indoors, and victims often can’t go outside at all.

This isn’t a story from the 80s or 90s; it’s still happening now.

There have been cases where a woman who was being exploited in the countryside escaped after the store went bankrupt and reported it to the police, and there have been cases where a woman was trapped in a fire and couldn’t escape and burned to death inside.

Even the places where these crimes occurred weren’t islands. They were buildings next to roads in urban areas where people obviously pass by.

In such places, windows are blocked and doors are locked from the outside to prevent escape.

Even a normal woman has no way to escape if she’s trapped in such a place. They also thoroughly soundproof the place in case of emergencies, and they thoroughly educate customers so that they don’t ask for help, and the customers themselves are afraid of being punished for prostitution, so they don’t report it.

“But on islands or other areas…”

Rescue would be absolutely impossible. Moreover, the police in the area are only about two patrol officers.

“It’s said that it’s never been tracked.”

Park Do-joon mulled over those words and frowned. As he began to recognize one possibility, other possibilities also began to appear.

“What if such a woman gets pregnant?”

“What?”

At those words, Jo Sang-gyu’s face quickly hardened. Certainly, such a woman with intellectual disabilities wouldn’t be able to properly recognize contraception, so she couldn’t force the other person to use it.

And if she can’t force contraception, the possibility of pregnancy increases.

“Would they really send her to an obstetrician and gynecologist in that situation?”

Obstetricians and gynecologists in rural areas are already said to be on the verge of extinction. Moreover, would criminals try to save their victims like that?

“Could it be…”

If children are born, will they be able to survive? No, will they even keep them alive?

“This might not just be the kidnapping of women with disabilities.”

Infanticide. It could be a continuous series of murders.

“We need to dig into this quickly.”

Park Do-joon couldn’t help but darken his face at the gravity of the situation.