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REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

companies. In 2017, the 165 anti-fraud counseling hotline received 622,685 calls and there were 2,043
cases, which involved effectively deterred fraud calls and dummy accounts. The sum of the secured

money amounted to about NT$107,470,000 (See Table 7-3).

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

Stopped Swindling Cases
Number of Accepted Number of
Year
Victim Cases Service Calls Prevented Property
Cases
Losses (NT$)
2013 10 806 418 935 399 26 109 122
2014 11 845 531 136 528 36 930 487
2015 14 398 536 530 905 74 761 342

2016 16 046 621 084 1 613 243 873 645
2017 17 274 622 685 2 043 107 470 225

In 2017, the anti-fraud website received 4,644 tips and 6,161 cases, with 3,752,135 viewers. The
"165 Anti-Fraud App" dispatched 105 messages, and the rumor verification bulletin published 6

news. The "165 Anti-Fraud LINE Group" released 97 multi-media messages to strengthen public
awareness of fraudulent trends and criminal chicanery.

The NPA has developed a
security strengthening and safety

program relating to financial
institutions, jewelry shops,
pawnshops, and gas stations in
order to enhance security. The

NPA supervised all police agencies
to take additional measures to ▲ 2017 Youth Project ― anti-drug campaigns
enhance the security of financial
institutions, to hold anti-bank robbery drills and to draw a plan to perform duties of patrol, guard, and

surveillance at the most needed times. The preliminary results looked promising as the schemes to
enhance financial institutions security effectively discouraged the occurrence of robberies. In 2017,
three bank robberies were reported and three of them subsequently solved, despite NT$800,000 lost.

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