▲ A criminal complex in Cambodia surrounded by barbed wire
Even after graduating from school, they could not graduate from gambling.
Long after taking off their school uniforms, the swamp of gambling debt and secondary crimes continued to haunt Lee (20).
Lee first dabbled in gambling when he was in his second year of middle school.
It started on an illegal website he accessed to watch webtoons for free, which offered a “free money” promotion—a bonus for gambling.
He thought he would just try it for fun.
Three years later, by his second year of high school, Lee’s gambling debt had ballooned to 80 million won.
Lee needed to make money.
“I sold fake luxury goods on platforms like Danggeun Market…