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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

4. Criminal Justice
The police’s main role in terms of criminal justice is to prevent and investigate crime, as well as

to suppress organized gangs.

(1) Crime prevention

The police practices for crime prevention are divided into two categories: the prevention of
overall crime and juvenile delinquency prevention. To eradicate the roots of crimes, the police
have been campaigning for crime prevention, ensuring financial institutions’ safety, protecting the

youth, looking into juvenile delinquency, their exposure to danger, and their acts that violate laws,
cracking down on violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, preventing
the youth from getting involved in criminal cases, and making other inspections concerning juve-
nile protection.

The 165 anti-fraud counseling hotline is responsible for providing anti-fraud advice and pro-
cessing complaints against fraudulent crimes. The NPA has established various information sys-
tems in order to coordinate all police organizations and cooperate with financial and telecom-
munication companies. In 2022, the 165 anti-fraud counseling hotline received 591,939 calls, and

there were 3,465 remittances to watch-listed accounts effectively deterred, preventing a potential
financial loss amounting to over NT$319,360,000. (Table 7-3)

Table 7-3 Achievements of the 165 Anti-fraud Counseling Hotline

Deterred Remittance to Watch-listed Accounts
Number of Number of
Year Accepted Victim Service Calls
Cases Cases Prevented Property
Losses (NT$)

2018 16 500 517 429 1 743 141 845 814

2019 17 402 469 257 1 823 124 170 093

2020 25 701 541 386 2 406 293 813 395

2021 32 278 590 110 2 952 230 397 835

2022 41 320 591 939 3 465 319 364 888

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