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Systemic gang-sweeping
In 2021, the NPA continued to adopt strategies like “pursuing the outlaws,” “exterminating
evil,” and “tracing the roots,” to crack down on gangs involved in all kinds of crimes. A total of
395 gangs were busted and 3,243 suspects were arrested; the value of all illegal benefits is es-
timated at NT$151,660,000. In addition, in 2021, a total of 298 affiliated business locations were
penalized after police inspections.
Gang-sweeping operations during the COVID-19 pandemic
In order to maintain social order
during the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021,
the NPA not only targeted specific gangs
and authorized local police departments
to implement 17 crackdowns, but also
conducted 3 national gang-sweeping op-
erations with the Taiwan High Prosecutors
Gang-suppressing and Anti-drug Press Conference
Office, cracking down on 181 organized During the COVID-19 Pandemic
crime groups and arresting 1,276 gang-
sters. While carrying out checks and inspections, a total of 608 suspects were taken into cus-
tody and 155 guns were seized. Meanwhile, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread
(specifically from May to August, 2021), all police departments made efforts to investigate re-
spective cases, following the model of national gang-sweeping operations, and preventing the
pandemic from spreading and suppressing the gangs at the same time.
(4) Economic affairs
Assisting in anti-smuggling and seizing counterfeit tobacco/alcohol operations
The NPA supervised all police departments in their work with corresponding authorities to
crack down on smuggling. In 2021, 420 suspects were arrested in 377 cases and products with
an estimated market value of over NT$295,200,000 were seized. There were 124 suspects ar-
rested in 124 cases of counterfeit tobacco/alcohol that accounts for an estimated market value
of over NT$31,240,000.
Cracking down on illegal land excavation, illegal exploitation of mountainsides, and illegal de-
forestation
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