Denpasar Police reportedly arrested a pimp on Sunday.
Identified in reports as Yohanes Berchman, alias Jo, the 46-year-old was apparently arrested while he was waiting for his “girls” when they were serving customers at a Denpasar hotel.
Chief of Denpasar Police’s criminal investigation unit Reinhard Nainggolan said the perp would usually solicit male customers for his women via Blackberry Messenger (BBM).
“The perpetrator claims to have been a pimp in Bali for about a year. He offers these women online via BBM messages. This suspect has been long searched for by us, but he’s been smart to get away from the monitoring of Bali Police’s cyber crime tracking team,” Nainggolan said on Monday, as quoted by Okezone.
The women who ‘Jo’ has been advertising are said to be from several major cities across Indonesia, including Surabaya, Semarang, Jakarta, and Bandung.
Nainggolan explained that Jo would only sell each woman for her services for a maximum of three days before rotating them out and taking on new women.
The alleged pimp is currently in Denpasar Police custody as the investigation continues.
