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MOI 2O18 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

⑤ Strategies on violence crimes

On September 24, 2017, a specific political oriented party member with gangster background

conflicted with students who attended a protest movement in Taiwan University. In order to
suppress promptly the intervention and disturbance caused by gangsters or specific groups to the
protests or other public issues via violence means, the NPA took the initiative to implement "The
Strategy of Tracing the Source Upwards and Digging the Roots Downwards" to systematically
eliminate gangsters. In 2017, there were a total of 550 gangster crime suspects investigated, 12 of

them suspicious of involving in political parties activities.

(4) Economic Affairs
① Assisting with anti-smuggling investigations

and seizing counterfeit tobacco and liquor

The NPA supervised all police agencies
in their work with competent authorities to
crack down on smuggling. In 2017, there
were a total of 379 offender in 324 cases

and goods with an estimated market value
of NT$577,780,000 were seized. Under the ▲ Seizing smuggling tobacco
supervision of the NPA, there were a total of

249 offender in 229 cases, and counterfeit tobacco and liquor with an estimated market value of
NT$54,660,000 was seized.

② Assisting in cracking down on illegal soil excavation, illegal exploitation of mountainside and
illegal deforestation

In 2017, the NPA supervised all police agencies in their work with competent authorities to
strike against illegal soil excavation with a total of 67 offender in 23 cases, illegal exploitation of
mountainsides with a total of 378 offender in 177 cases, and illegal deforestation with a total of

634 offender in 220 cases.

③ Assisting in cracking down on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringement
The NPA supervised all police agencies as they cracked down on the manufacturing, selling,

and smuggling of pirated and counterfeit goods at varies channels. In 2017, there were a total

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