ordinary process of trial at the trial are as shown in Table 2-21.

Table 2-21 Application of Regulations on Confiscation/Additional Penalties on the Organized Crime Punishment Act and Anti-Drug Special Act (2001-2007)

Year	Confiscation	Additional Penalties	Total
Persons	Amount	Persons	Amount	Persons	Amount
Organized Crime Punishment Act	2003	8	4,278	20	144,397	28	148,675
2004	15	69,804	22	504,806	37	574,610
2005	18	70,138	54	816,175	72	886,313
2006	27	154,723	75	3,408,638	102	3,563,362
2007	29	104,088	67	785,038	96	889,126
Anti-Drug Special Act	2003	47	36,539	304	1,541,756	351	1,578,295
2004	75	583,372	329	3,270,608	404	3,853,980
2005	39	64,332	316	3,513,785	355	3,578,117
2006	62	133,441	373	2,372,788	435	2,506,229
2007	53	207,411	285	2,216,634	338	2,424,045

Note 1: From the 2008 Crime White Paper.

2: The unit for the amount is $ \backslash $ 1,000 (rounded down to the nearest 1,000).

3: For confiscation and additional penalties involving accomplices, the total number of persons and total amount are given.

4: For foreign currencies, the amount is converted into yen calculated by the exchange rate of the time.

## (2) Forfeiture of Criminal Proceeds before Indictment

In 2008, forfeiture of criminal proceeds before Indictment was ordered for 44 cases of gambling, black market financing, distribution of obscene material, Worker Dispatch Act violations, and Pharmaceutical Affairs Act violations under the Organized Crime Punishment Act (an increase of 23 cases and 109.5% from the previous year), 7 cases for Anti-Drug Special Act violations (an increase 3 cases and 75.0% from the previous year).

The Organized Crime Punishment Act made it possible to confiscate and impose penalties on assets gained by illegal activities such as Furikome fraud (extortion) or black market finance offenses. In 2008, the police also gained an issue of the order of confiscation/additional penalties prior to indictment regarding interests illegally collected from victims in three cases.

Table 2-22 Confiscation / Additional Penalty Order prior to Indictment (2004-2008)

Year	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Category
Organized Crime	7 (5)	8 (0)	9 (3)	21 (7)	44 (21)
Punishment Act (cases)
Anti-Drug Special Act	5 (2)	8 (5)	3 (2)	4 (3)	7 (5)

Note: Those shown in parentheses show those committed by Boryokudan members (NPA confirmed)

### 4. International Cooperation

As globalization of economic and financial services progresses, so does money laundering and financing terrorism and now they are being committed across the borders. In order to prevent these activities, it is essential for each country to cooperate and take measures so as not that financial services are wrongfully used (misapplied) in countries whose regulations are relatively loose. For this reason, under the framework of FATF $ ^{1} $ , the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) $ ^{2} $ , the Egmont Group $ ^{3} $ , etc., international standards of measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism are being created and diffused, in which the NPA is proactively participating.

Note 1: Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

2: Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering

3: As of 1 June 2009, 116 countries/regions including Japan participate.

## (1) The FATF Activities and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Participation

The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is an inter-governmental