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der to accurately target and combat fraud.
In 2021, the police solved 1,570 cases com-
mitted by 13,610 criminals of local or interna-
tional fraud syndicates. In 2022, the NPA will

uphold the concepts of blocking the criminal
structure chain of frauds, tracing upward and
digging down the roots, sharing information
and hints, and assisting investigations. As
Results of Nationwide Fraud Crackdowns
such, the NPA will strengthen the investiga-
tion of fraudulent telecommunications data
centers and cash mules, secure and freeze dummy accounts, search the prime suspects and ac-
complices of fraud rings, immediately hold back victims’ payments from cash mules, and demon-

strate the government’s determination to fight fraud.

As the authorities’ current priority is to prevent drug-related crimes, the NPA has been im-
plementing the “New Generation Anti-drug Strategy 2.0," by tracing the flow of drugs to their
sources, tracking down the flow of drugs to their users, and blocking the cash flow, to achieve the

ultimate goal of cutting the three flows of drugs. All police departments were devoted to cracking
down on drug-related crimes and finding out the dark figure of crimes. In 2021, the police uncov-
ered 38,644 drug-related cases, arrested 40,987 suspects, and seized drugs totaling 8,332.55 kilo-
grams (Table 7-4).

Table 7-4 Results of Investigating Drug-related Cases

Year Number of Cases Number of Suspects Seized Drugs (Kg)

2017 58 515 62 644 9 685.47

2018 55 480 59 106 20 596.64

2019 47 035 49 131 15 929.37
2020 45 489 47 779 13 305.71

2021 38 644 40 987 8 332.55

Increase/Decrease Percentage (%)
from 2020 to 2021 -15.05 -14.22 -37.38

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