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REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

perpetrators reoffending and to effectively control major domestic violence cases. The reported
number of domestic violence cases was 70,861 in 2017. In 2017, the police departments

processed 15,877 cases of protection order applications, enforced 26,845 protection orders and
detected 6,350 cases of protection order violation.

② In order to improve sexual assault prevention measures taken by police agencies, the NPA has set
up the "Police Protocols for Handling Sexual Assault Cases Program" to facilitate case processing,
to control investigation progress and to keep sex offenders from recidivism. In 2017, a total of 3,381

sexual assault cases occurred while the NPA solved 3,260 cases. At the end of 2017, there were
5,481 registered sex offenders who must regularly report to police agencies. A total of 5,458 of
those offenders followed the rule, as for the remaining 23 offenders who did not show up at police

agencies (five of them were fined, five of them were referred to the District Prosecutor's Offices for
investigation, and 13 of them absconded and were listed as wanted).

③ In an effort to improve the quality of police investigation into sexual exploitation cases related to
children and youths, the NPA has implemented the "Enforcement Plan to Improve the Safety of
Women and Children and to Eradicate Porn Crimes." In 2017, the NPA uncovered 3,500 cases

involving violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, rescued 476 child
(youth) victims, and arrested 458 pimps and 392 persons for prostitution.

(2) Civil Defense Force

According to the "Civil Defense Act"
and "The Rules Governing Assembly,
Training, Maneuver and Supporting
Military Actions by Members of Civilian
Vigilance," in 2017, the NPA required

that all the municipal and city/county
police departments provide the volunteer
members of civilian vigilance with annual ▲ Conducting civil defense training

training and evaluated their performance in
training. There are 22 civil defense headquarters, which can be further divided into 2,147 assignment
brigades, 367 civil defense corps, and 2,226 united defense groups, with a total of 442,735 volunteers
recruited. The aforementioned training was designed to prepare volunteers to assist in social order
maintenance and emergency response.

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