Unmasking the Queen Bee of Daegu: Shocking Revelations on Human Trafficking

On Saturday, July 12, at 11:10 PM, SBS will air an episode of '그것이 알고 싶다' (I Want to Know That) revealing the shocking identities of perpetrators involved in the confinement and sex trafficking of young women in Daegu.

Since 2023, residents have reported sightings of tattooed young men and women using foul language in a newly built apartment complex in Daegu. Witnesses noted that three men and women, along with a child, lived together and often left the house only at night, raising suspicions of criminal activity among neighbors.

The case came to light in May of last year when a missing person report was filed at a local police station. A man, claiming to be the husband of a missing woman, contacted emergency services to report her sudden disappearance. The woman, identified as 28-year-old Kim Eun-ah (김은아), had taken a taxi late at night to her parents' home after a distressing incident. Her parents were shocked when she recounted her experiences living with her friend, Tae (태), and the group.

Eun-ah revealed that she was coerced into registering a marriage with a man from the group under pressure from Tae. Alarmed, her parents hired a lawyer to prepare for an annulment. However, Eun-ah's subsequent revelations were even more harrowing; she disclosed that she had been forced into over 1,000 acts of prostitution during her year and a half of captivity.

The perpetrators included Tae, a woman in her twenties, and three other men in their twenties. They not only subjected Eun-ah to confinement, violence, and torture but also forced another victim, a mother in her twenties named So-hee (소희), into similar circumstances. The victims were only allowed to use phones registered in the men's names when going out for prostitution, and when they attempted to escape, the perpetrators tracked them using location apps.

Detective Song Ok-kyung (송오경), with 36 years of experience, stated that he had never encountered a case like this before. Tae, who led the confinement and abuse, had been living with two men who were the legal husbands of the victims, including So-hee's husband, Jo (조), who ignored his wife's suffering while maintaining an affair with Tae.

What kind of person is Tae, who orchestrated this bizarre living arrangement and heinous crimes? What secret activities were taking place under her reign as the 'queen bee'? The upcoming episode of '그것이 알고 싶다' will delve into Tae's lies and threats, revealing how she extorted millions from the victims and their families.