Asian guy's actions reminds me of the things I've witnessed in Laos a bit except

[theking]

...it was not illegal there when I was there (the rich buying the poor as properties and merchandises)  :

Miami Beach doctor arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase 12-year-old as a sex slave


Alan Li, who was fired from Mount Sinai and arrested on May 12, was charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor under 14 and attempted coercion or enticement of a minor.

An investigation of the 26-year-old began on March 12 after a woman from Ohio, an escort whom Li met through a dating site, contacted federal agents to report Li’s search for underage girls in Miami.

Li contacted the woman through Snapchat and said he was trying to help a friend named Michael Chen, whom he put in contact with her due to her own experience of being trafficked. When he was asked the age range of the girls he was looking for, Li said “ideally 8-15,” according to the affidavit.