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intention to improve the safety of women and children. In 2021, the NPA uncovered 757 cases
involving violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, rescued 743
child (youth) victims, and arrested 87 pimps and 77 clients of prostitution.
The “Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act” was promulgated on December 1, 2021, and
came into effect on June 1, 2022. Thanks to the act, the country will be able to intensify crack-
ing down on gender-based vio-
lence concerning stalking and ha-
rassment, so that major incidents
can be reduced. The NPA will
continue to work on police train-
ing, to make sure that our fellow
officers understand the essence of
the law, and to assist in providing
safer environments for all citizens. The Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act Seminar
(2) Civil defense
Following the Civil Defense Act and its subordinate rules about assembling civilians to train,
to serve and to support the military, in 2021, the NPA supervised all municipality and county/city
police departments to provide civilian volunteers with annual training and evaluated their achieve-
ments. The training was designed to prepare volunteers to assist in social order maintenance and
emergency response. There are 22 civil defense headquarters, which can be further divided into
2,096 assignment-assisting brigades, 368 civil defense groups, and 1,722 united defense groups.
A total of 485,408 volunteers were recruited.
(3) Service for households
In 2021, each of the 278 communities nationwide received NT$80,000 from the MOI for safety
construction.
The NPA established the database of missing persons, enhancing the effectiveness of solving
related cases. In 2021, a total of 23,598 persons were reported missing; 25,460 persons were
found (4,499 long-pending cases solved) by police departments nationwide.
7. Security Inspections
(1) According to the National Security Act, to effectively enhance the security of international and do-
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