## 2 ) Promotion of Preventive Activities by Information Collected by the People

In addition to dialing 110, the police are open to wide-ranging consultations and information from citizens by setting up various points of contact such as dedicated telephone lines for consultations (with the common nationwide phone number “#9110”) and email addresses exclusively reserved for consultations about Furikome frauds. In addition, through utilization of information collected from citizens, the police are promoting effective crackdown on Furikome frauds and prevention of damage, by implementing warning calls by police offices, arrests of perpetrators through tactics of pretending to be deceived $ ^{1} $ , seeking confirmation of account holders of cell phones and neutralizing tools used in the fraud by asking financial institutions to freeze deposit accounts designated for money transfers.

Note 1: Efforts based on the public’s proactive and voluntary cooperation. If a member of the public receives a Furikome fraud phone call and detects it, he/she will try to get information on the perpetrator’s cell phone or deposit accounts while pretending to be deceived. He/she will also seek to confirm the identity of the account holder of the cell phone and request financial institutions to freeze their deposit accounts, thus neutralizing the perpetrator’s tools. In addition, he/she will notify the police after promising to hand over the money to the perpetrator, and the police will arrest them when they appear at the appointed place such as the victim’s house, etc.

3) Promotion of Preventive Public-Private Coordinated Activities

### a. Promotion of publicity and enlightenment activities

In order to prevent damage by Furikome frauds, it is essential for the people to enhance resistance $ ^{2} $ .” In this regard, the police are proactively providing citizens with information on Furikome fraud tactics or important points on how not to be affected, through opportunities such as crime prevention lectures and communication patrols, and through the media, including TV. Moreover, since perpetrators of Furikome frauds change tactics to deceive victims frequently in line with social circumstances, the police are implementing publicity and enlightenment activities based on the latest occurrence trends by collecting and analyzing information obtained from police activities such as community safety consultation.

Note 1: Refers to the power to eradicate crimes from communities, with the public proactively participating in efforts to prevent fraud, in addition to their awareness towards crimes, or alertness to avoid being deceived.

### b. Collaboration with Related Organization/Groups

Given that in Furikome frauds, the bulk of defrauded money is transferred to perpetrators through ATMs and over counters of financial institutions, it is very important for employees of financial institutions to talk to users to prevent damages. For this reason, the police are urging financial institutions and convenience stores to encourage their employees to actively talk to potential victims of suspected Furikome fraud cases and notify the police. Moreover, in order to carry out efficient publicity and enlightenment activities, the police are promoting efforts in collaboration with related institutions or groups that have daily contact with potential victims such as drawing the attention of the elderly through collaboration with hospitals, welfare related facilities, and other businesses.

### 4. Structural Crimes

## (1) Cases of Corruption in Politics and Administration

A number of money-related political and administrative corruption cases including bribery, fraudulent obstruction of bidding, and cases such as buying of influence in violation of the Public Office Election Act by leaders of local public entities and assembly members have successively surfaced recently.

The police are conducting investigation into these cases by applying various penal regulations depending on the situation of corruption and other measures.