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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

ivism and to effectively control major cases. In 2022, the police responded to 111,265 domestic
violence cases, filed 21,884 protection order applications, enforced 28,964 protection orders,
and arrested 10,450 cases of domestic violence offenses/protection order violators.

With regard to sexual assaults, the NPA has set up plans for police departments to strengthen
prevention measures, facilitate case processing, control the investigation progress, and to re-
duce recidivism. In 2022, a total of 4,520 sexual assault cases were reported to the police, while

4,324 cases were solved. By the end of 2022, there were 5,527 registered sex offenders who
must regularly report to police agencies, of which a total of 5,484 offenders followed the rule.
As for the remaining 43 offenders who did not show up at the police agencies, 13 of them were
fined, 1 was passed on to the District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation, and 29 who were ab-

sconding have been listed as wanted.
In an effort to improve the safety of women and children, and the quality of the police’s inves-

tigation into sexual exploitation cases related to children and youths, the NPA launched the
plan of enhancing crackdowns on sex crimes. In 2022, the NPA uncovered 942 cases involving
violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, rescued 922 child/youth
victims, and arrested 76 patrons and 98 pimps.

The “Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act” was promulgated on December 1, 2021, and

came into effect on June 1, 2022. The MOI completed the research and development of related
regulations, dispatch manpower, constructed system, conducted education and training, and
carried out propaganda efforts. As of December 31, 2022, police departments had processed
1,874 cases in accordance with the Act, and the overall execution has been running smoothly.
The NPA will continue to conduct crime prevention campaigns, collaborate with civic organi-

zations, experts and scholars, gather cases, track the results of investigations/judgements, and
make roll adjustments to the handling process, regulations and protective measures, aiming to
improve the quality of law enforcement.

(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 2022, the NPA supervised all municipality/county/city police de-
partments to provide civilian volunteers with annual training and evaluated their achievements. The

training was designed to prepare volunteers to assist in social order maintenance and emergency re-

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