My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 694

“Huh? Now that I think about it?”

Lee Ji-soo felt something was off. Because closing a website isn’t difficult. In reality, sites involved in prostitution or other crimes are shut down when problems arise, and they simply change the name slightly to open another site.

But they’re maintaining the site without doing that?

“Of course, they’ll probably get rid of the current site soon. It’s already under surveillance. But why did a lawyer get involved?”

“I wonder?”

“It’s simple. The core of a sponsor site isn’t the women, but the men.”

“Pardon?”

“Do you think there are more women trying to get sponsored or more men trying to sponsor?”

“Women, probably.”

Because women only need to be pretty, but men need to have money.

“In that case, do you think Kim Song-rim wouldn’t manage those people?”

“Ah, that’s why!”

“Exactly.”

If Kim Song-rim shuts down the site and deletes the data, the police can’t do anything. But Kim Song-rim would also be ruined that day because no one would be able to find his new site.

They wouldn’t know if it’s a new site created by Kim Song-rim or a phishing site [a fraudulent website disguised as a legitimate one to steal personal information] created by scammers.

“Does that mean? The guys using the site don’t think Kim Song-rim will delete the data either.”

“That’s right. That’s why they spent a lot of money to send a lawyer.”

“Hmm.”

Kim Song-rim probably knows that, so he likely chose to be punished instead of deleting the data.

“Then, if we just find where Kim Song-rim hid the data……”

“Exactly.”

We might be able to find out who’s really behind it.

“But with that appearance……”

Lee Ji-soo turned her head to look out the window. Outside, Kim Song-rim was walking out with his lawyers, looking confident, even though he said he was reflecting.

He has nothing to fear. Well, since he said he’s reflecting, the punishment will be lighter, and at most, it’ll end with a fine. That’s only if it’s recognized as prostitution.

“Then one thing is for sure.”

“Right, that woman definitely has the contact information of the men who are sponsoring her.”

Even if it’s not their real names, she’ll have something that can identify them, like phone numbers or emails.

“Um, if we just get a warrant……”

“That’s the problem.”

There’s no way a search warrant will be issued. The fact that so many lawyers are involved doesn’t just mean the lawyers are blocking it. If we request a warrant, it means it’ll be shut down by the higher-ups.

“It’s a serial murder case, isn’t it? There have already been eleven victims!”

“Ten, to be exact.”

Because one was killed for a different reason. But the important thing is that if this site continues to operate, there’s a high possibility that more victims will occur.

In South Korea, where a significant number of people go missing every year, the occurrence of untraceable missing persons is a serious problem for the police.

But what they’re more worried about is getting on the wrong side of the rich.

“That’s true. But is there evidence that there’s an additional murderer? In reality, crazy people are everywhere. Since the entire nation uses large portal sites, there must be murderers there too. But we can’t raid large portal sites for that reason, can we?”

“But that site has a different purpose.”

“Even if the purpose is different, there’s no way to prove it, is there?”

“No, well, that weird thing about the mindset of a sponsor or something.”

“Yeah, that’s there. But that’s also ambiguous.”

“That’s ambiguous?”

“Is there a way to prove actual prostitution just because they posted that?”

“Pardon?”

“When cracking down on prostitution, the key for those who mediate prostitution is to guarantee that prostitution took place by receiving money.”

“I don’t understand?”

“Think about it simply. A pimp sent a woman after receiving money, but for some reason, the woman refused to have sex. Is that prostitution?”

“Uh, um…… no, right?”

In order for prostitution to be legally established, it’s not enough to simply exchange money; actual sexual intercourse must be proven. That’s why it’s difficult to crack down on prostitution. No one opens the door and has sex. If you forcibly open the door and they’re fully clothed, saying, ‘I don’t know anything,’ the proof is gone.

“So, let’s say they admit they introduced someone on the site. How are we going to prove that there was a sexual relationship between that man and woman? Do you think they’ll come and say, ‘We exchanged money and had sex’?”

“Ah, I see. The practical part is the problem.”

“That’s why they’re confident. It’s not illegal to pass on contact information after receiving money. They know we can’t prove that there’s a sexual relationship between them. That’s why they’re so confident.”

“Hmm.”

“Moreover, they’re spending at least 500 to 600 a month on one woman. And that’s not even a romantic relationship, just for a simple sexual relationship. If you think about housing or other things, it could be over 10 million [Korean Won, roughly equivalent to $7,500 USD]. What do you think their power is like?”

“Wow, I see. This is awkward to touch.”

Because of that, neither the police superiors nor the court will try to make the case bigger and provoke the rich.

“Then is a warrant impossible?”

“It’s not impossible, but we need to find another way.”

“Another way?”

“Yeah.”

Park Do-joon’s eyes flashed.

“Not knowing and predicting are a bit different.”

“Ah!”

“If we can predict, maybe it’s possible.”

“Predict……”

“Yes.”

Jo Sang-gyu said with a sullen expression at Park Do-joon’s words.

“Certainly, not knowing the crime and expecting it but not knowing are different.”

In Korea, murder isn’t just about directly killing someone. If you expect a murder to occur but neglect it or pretend not to know, that’s not innocent; it’s aiding and abetting murder.

“Inaction would be difficult, but……”

“Because it’s not a position with the responsibility to prevent it.”

But if you don’t know that a murder is happening but pretend not to know, there’s a possibility of being an accessory.

“But could they not have known?”

“Well, it’s ambiguous. But they must have known it was dangerous.”

He has experience being sponsored. And not all the guys who sponsor are nice.

“In the case of sponsors, there are a lot of guys who think that if they give money to the other person, the other person is their property.”

In reality, there are many cases where all sorts of perverted acts are committed or violence occurs during the prostitution process.

“Why do you think the job of a pimp exists?”

“Well, all jobs arise out of necessity.”

If there was no need, the job of a pimp shouldn’t have arisen. Prostitution would have simply settled in the form of one-on-one meetings and natural transactions.

But because all sorts of crimes are committed in between, the system created for safety is the pimp.

Of course, in the process, there were many cases where they became the main perpetrators of the crime. Assaulting prostitutes or forcing prostitution through human trafficking.

“But in that case, we should see it as a different crime in the form of human trafficking rather than a pimp.”

Jo Sang-gyu said with a sullen expression. Certainly, both are involved in the crime of prostitution, but the process is very different.

“The important thing is that we only need to prove that they knew about the possibility of murder.”

“Then are we going back to those guys?”

There’s no way to prove Kim Song-rim. He won’t admit it, and the lawyers won’t let it go. The lawyers will definitely make a fuss about framing him, and in that case, Park Do-joon or other team members may be excluded from the case altogether.

“But Song Do-jong and his gang are already guys we’ve caught.”

Moreover, Park Do-joon was the one who first recognized and tracked down this case. And they’re taking Park Do-joon out of the case? That would be a social problem.

“Well, my senior wouldn’t stand still.”

If he held a press conference and said that he was unfairly excluded from the case, then there would be enough talk about ‘Whose pressure are they under to cover up a serial murder in which eleven people died?’

“But those guys wouldn’t have told them that they were going to commit murder, would they?”

“Of course not. But if they only know about the danger, that’s enough. Our goal isn’t to indict and punish them.”

It would be nice if punishment was possible, but if that’s not possible, we just need to get the relevant list through a search.

“Then we should meet Song Do-jong’s gang once.”

Of course, they won’t help.

# I’m the Helmsman!

Song Do-jong was detained in a detention center. Since it’s a serial murder in which eleven people were killed, a death sentence will come out 100%.

“What, why is a cop here? Do you have more to hear from me? But what a pity? I have nothing to say?”

As expected, Song Do-jong was not cooperative. Of course. No matter what he does, he can’t avoid the death penalty. Whether he cries and repents, he’ll still get the death penalty, and even if he resists, the result is the death penalty.

Even if they reduce the sentence, it’s life imprisonment, but since Korea doesn’t carry out the death penalty, there’s no difference between the death penalty and life imprisonment.

‘And in such cases, criminals react extremely.’

In reality, these types of criminals don’t care about the people around them. Who is the strongest prisoner in prison or detention center?

It’s none other than death row inmates or life prisoners. Because they have no future.

Even if they beat one more person to death here, nothing will change in the end, and the fact that the death penalty or life imprisonment has already been handed down means that they have killed someone, so there is less burden on killing someone.

Those guys don’t just threaten to ‘kill’ with words, but actually kill the guys in the same room, so criminals are extremely afraid of death row inmates or life prisoners.

Even if the death row inmate is thin and weak, even if the newly arrived guy is a burly gangster, the real leader in the room is the death row inmate, not the gangster.

‘And Song Do-jong already has an answer.’

Song Do-jong has no future in anyone’s eyes. And knowing that, he doesn’t care whether the police come or not.

“I have a question about murder.”

“Well, I have nothing to say, and tell Jung Han-soo that bastard. If I get my hands on him, he’s dead. I’m not kidding, he’s really dead.”

‘He probably will.’

Jung Han-soo is also subject to the death penalty in the end. No matter how much he did as he was told, he killed as many as eleven people. There’s no way the court will forgive such a person.

But because he opened his mouth, there was testimony, and Song Do-jong, who was caught because of that, wants to beat Jung Han-soo to death right now.

‘Well, he says he’ll beat him to death if he meets him.’

In fact, they will never meet each other now. Of course, they may have a cross-examination at the trial, but at that time, they will be handcuffed and tied up, so Song Do-jong can never kill Jung Han-soo.