东京歌舞伎町外国游客「被宰」求助增至约240件：约为去年同期3倍，被害总额约3.9亿日元
据共同社 11 月 12 日报道，今年 1 月至 10 月，管辖东京歌舞伎町的日本警视厅新宿警署接到外国游客关于「被宰」的求助约 240 件，约为去年同期的 3 倍。警视厅保安课认为，有拉客团伙专门盯上外国游客，正加强警戒。
据保安课数据，新宿警署辖区同期接到的「被宰」求助（含日本人）共约 340 件，被害总额约 3.9 亿日元，是去年全年约 1.4 亿日元的两倍多。常见手法是拉客者把游客带进酒吧，结账时在未经本人同意的情况下用其信用卡刷出高额费用。
警视厅保安课 11 日以涉嫌未经许可经营带陪侍酒吧、违反《风俗营业法》为由，在歌舞伎町当场逮捕了一家酒吧的负责人、62 岁尼日利亚籍男子 Ekwealundu Ambrose Osita 等 2 人。据称这家店也曾收到外国游客的「被宰」投诉，警方正调查其关联。据《朝日新闻》报道，警方 11 日凌晨出动约 160 名警员搜查歌舞伎町两家店铺，共逮捕 5 人；在约 340 件求助中，外国人受害约占七成。
歌舞伎町是东京新宿最知名的夜生活街区，也是外国游客集中的区域。警视厅表示，将继续针对拉客行为加强取缔与巡逻。
（来源：日本警视厅）
Foreign Tourists' Rip-Off Complaints in Tokyo's Kabukicho Triple to About 240 Cases, With Losses Near ¥390 Million
About 240 foreign visitors sought help from the Shinjuku police station, which covers Tokyo's Kabukicho district, over rip-off complaints between January and October this year, roughly three times the figure for the same period last year, Kyodo News reported on November 12, citing the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The department's public safety division believes touting groups are deliberately targeting foreign tourists and is stepping up vigilance.
Including Japanese victims, the station recorded about 340 rip-off cases in the same period, with total losses of about ¥390 million, more than double the roughly ¥140 million recorded for all of last year. In the typical pattern, touts lead tourists into bars where their credit cards are charged large amounts without their consent at payment time.
On November 11, police arrested two people on the spot on suspicion of running an unlicensed hostess bar in Kabukicho in violation of the Entertainment Business Act, including the bar's 62-year-old Nigerian manager, Ekwealundu Ambrose Osita. The bar had also drawn rip-off complaints from foreign tourists, and police are investigating the connection. The Asahi Shimbun reported that about 160 officers raided two establishments in Kabukicho early on November 11 and arrested five people in total, and that foreign nationals accounted for about 70 percent of the victims in the roughly 340 cases.
Kabukicho, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is one of the capital's best-known nightlife districts and a magnet for foreign tourists. The Metropolitan Police Department says it will continue to strengthen enforcement and patrols against touting.
(Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department)
来源：日本警视厅
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图片来源：图：东京新宿歌舞伎町夜景（资料图）。Basile Morin 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Night view of Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo (file photo). Photo by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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