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Policing
sponse. There are 22 civil defense corps, which could be further divided into 2,064 assignment-assist-
ing brigades, 369 civil defense groups, and 1,741 (joint) defense groups. A total of 471,251 volunteers
were recruited.
(3) Service for households
In 2022, each of the 278 communities nationwide received a subsidy of NT$76,000 from the
MOI for safety construction.
The NPA has established the database of missing persons, enhancing the effectiveness of solv-
ing related cases. In 2022, a total of 24,574 persons were reported missing; 25,385 persons were
found (3,310 long-pending cases solved) by police departments nationwide.
7. Security Inspections
(1) According to the National Security Act, all aircrafts, passengers, and cargoes entering or leaving
the country must go through security inspections. In 2022, the results were as follows:
Passengers inspected: 2,664,117 departing and 2,768,520 incoming passengers on international
flights; 184,768 departing and 143,777 incoming passengers on cross-strait flights; 4,856,194
departing and 4,850,298 arriving passengers from domestic flights.
Aircrafts inspected: 52,062 departing and 52,044 incoming aircrafts on international flights; 7,350
departing and 7,363 incoming aircrafts on cross-strait flights; 93,918 departing and 93,949 arriv-
ing aircrafts on domestic flights.
(2) In 2022, during inspections of cargoes and related investigations, undeclared property and contra-
band with an estimated market value of NT$157,174,800 were seized.
8. Foreign Affairs
To strengthen foreigner-related safety management, as well as to ensure national security and
social stability, the NPA launched the plan of inspecting illegal activities by foreigners in Taiwan. In
2022, the results were as follows:
(1) A total of 199 PRC residents were caught in 198 cases with legal entry permits; 10 were caught in 8
cases without legal entry permits.
(2) A total of 72 Hong Kong and Macau residents were caught in 71 cases with legal entry permits.
(3) A total of 11,672 foreigners in 10,311 cases were caught with legal entry permits; 27 were caught
in 27 cases without legal entry permits.
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