39 people including owners and drivers of 'illegal call taxi business' will be sent

The Chungnam National Police Agency's Criminal Task Force handed over 38 drivers to the prosecution without detention, with the owner A in his 30s arrested for illegally operating a call taxi.

Mr. A is accused of setting up a proxy driver's office in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, and illegally operating a call taxi for about two years, earning an unfair advantage worth 100 million won.

According to a police investigation, the drivers used their rented cars or private cars to operate illegally at 30% lower cost than normal call taxis, and A received about 300,000 won per month from the drivers as a mediation fee.

The police said they were concerned about secondary crimes against passengers because some drivers had a history of violent crimes, and stressed that they could not get insurance or other help in case of an accident while using a relatively cheap illegal call taxi.