香港警方周六表示，已拆散一个据称涉及泰国女性的当地犯罪集团，缴获现金1300万港元（约合166万美元），并冻结500万港元涉嫌犯罪所得。
Hong Kong police have dismantled a local syndicate allegedly running a vice ring involving Thai women, seizing HK$13 million in cash (US$1.66 million) and freezing HK$5 million in suspected crime proceeds.
警方称，逮捕了五名本地男子和两名外国男子，年龄介于44至54岁之间，他们涉嫌在尖沙咀地区通过引诱东南亚女性来港从事性工作，经营卖淫窝点。
The force said on Saturday that it arrested five local men and two foreign men, aged between 44 and 54, for allegedly running a prostitution ring in the Tsim Sha Tsui district by luring Southeast Asian women to work as sex workers in Hong Kong.
四名核心成员——包括三名兄弟和一名泰国国民——因涉嫌人口贩卖、依赖他人卖淫收入为生、教唆卖淫及洗钱被捕。
Four core members, including three brothers and one Thai national, were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, living off the earnings of prostitution of others, causing prostitution and money laundering.
周五，在一次秘密行动中，九名年龄介于19至33岁的泰国性工作者也被捕，涉嫌违反逗留条件。
Nine sex workers from Thailand, aged between 19 and 33, were also arrested on Friday during an undercover operation for allegedly breaching their conditions of stay.
西九龙总部刑事部门总警司甘锦琳表示，该集团在泰国的成员会引诱女性飞往香港，并为她们安排在尖沙咀的酒店住宿，承担机票、餐饮及住宿费用，以换取性服务的金钱报酬。他说：“我们发现该集团运作相当周密。”
Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the crime unit at West Kowloon headquarters said the syndicate members in Thailand would entice women to fly to Hong Kong and arrange for them to stay in hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui, covering their flights, meals and accommodation to provide sexual services in exchange for money. “We found that the syndicate operated quite meticulously,” he said.
“他们还会在网上和Telegram上发布广告，使用照片和视频吸引客户。”周四和周五，警方突击进入屯门一私人屋邨的一个单位——该单位为该集团的行动中心——当场逮捕了两名正在通过Telegram联系客户和性工作者的核心成员。
“They also advertised for them online and on Telegram, using photos and videos to attract customers.”On Thursday and Friday, officers broke into a flat in a private housing estate in Tuen Mun, which acted as the syndicate’s operations centre, and arrested two core members who were contacting clients and the sex workers via Telegram at the time.
行动中，警方缴获了一次性毛巾、避孕套以及1300万港元涉案所得，其中包括40万港元现金，据信是该集团过去两天的收入。
During the operation, police seized disposable towels, condoms and HK$13 million in illicit proceeds, including HK$400,000 in cash believed to be the syndicate’s earnings in the past two days.
区刑事队高级警司叶恩华表示，该集团四名核心成员利用个人银行账户处理犯罪所得，并将资金转移海外。
Senior Inspector Yip Yan-wa of the district crime squad team said the four core syndicate members used their personal bank accounts to process the proceeds of their crime and also transferred funds overseas.
我们成功冻结了犯罪团伙以个人名义运营的四个银行账户，涉及金额超过500万港元，成功阻止了这些赃款的转移。警方还从该团伙的作战中心查获了两台电脑。其中一台电脑正在运营一个在线社交媒体平台，用于发布广告并更新每名性工作者的工作时间表，以吸引客户。
“We successfully froze four bank accounts operated under individual names by criminal syndicates, totalling over HK$5 million, successfully preventing the transfer of these proceeds.”Officers also seized two computers from the syndicate’s operations centre. One computer was operating an online social media platform, advertising and updating the schedules of each sex worker to attract clients.
另一台电脑中存有每名性工作者的详细每日客户时间表，记录了性工作者及其客户的联系电话。此案将于周一在九龙城法院提堂。洛海盈
The other computer contained detailed daily client schedules for each sex worker, recording the contact numbers of sex workers and their clients. The case will be mentioned in Kowloon City Court on Monday.