## (1) System Construction

On February 7, 2011, the NPA established the “Anti-Crime Globalization/ Anti-Crime Infrastructure Committee”, headed by the Deputy Commissioner General of the NPA, and set up within this committee the “Crime Infrastructure Control Office”, which is engaged in the compilation and analysis of crime infrastructure related information and the provision of guidance to prefectural police forces.

In addition, all prefectural police have set up countermeasures committees headed by the Chiefs of Police and other leading members to undertake the comprehensive promotion of crime infrastructure countermeasures, as well as countermeasures offices to implement crime infrastructure countermeasures across all departments.

## Overview of the Crime Infrastructure Countermeasures Plan

## 3 Challenges

Thorough exposure and dismantlement, etc.

In the approach to all crimes, thorough exposure and dismantlement, etc. of the crime infrastructure at the root of the crime

▶ Swift countermeasures

Swift implementation of countermeasures before newly emerging crime infrastructure gains strength

▶ Response to change

Paying close attention to the emergence of new crime infrastructures within a changing society, constantly identifying the roots of crimes and responding to change

## 4 Basic Strategies

## 1 System Construction

Information sharing between all police departments and construction of a mechanism that supports comprehensive cross-departmental promotion of countermeasures

(1) System within the NPA

Specific response policy

i) Establishment of Anti-Crime Globalization/Anti-Crime Infrastructure Committee

ii) Establishment of Crime Infrastructure Control Office

(2) System within prefectural police

i) Construction of systems that comprehensively promote crime infrastructure countermeasures

ii) Construction of systems that enable cross-departmental implementation of crime infrastructure countermeasures

## 2 Exposing actual conditions

Using every opportunity to gather information related to crime infrastructure to expose actual conditions

Specific

response

policy

(1) Increased information gathering

(2) Increased information analysis

(3) Increased information sharing

## 3 Reinforcing arrests related to crime infrastructure offenses

Reinforcing arrests made in relation to crime infrastructure offenses that are seldom established through reports submitted by victims, by exercising the collective strengths of the police through coordination between all departments

4 Promoting the creation of environments that discourage crime infrastructure

Active encouragement from the police to related administrative agencies, etc. to promote the creation of environments that do not generate crime infrastructure

(1) Cooperation between the NPA and relevant ministries and agencies

Specific

response

policy

i) Information sharing

ii) Review of policies that will secure the traceability of crimes

iii) Preventing the construction of crime infrastructure that abuse all types of application processes and services

(2) Cooperation between prefectural police and relevant administrative agencies

i) Information sharing

ii) Preparation of environments that do not tolerate the construction of crime infrastructure

iii) Coordinated law-enforcement

iv) Elimination of malicious businesses

(3) Cooperation with businesses

i) Preparation of environments that do not tolerate the construction of crime infrastructure

ii) Cooperation with Internet related businesses

iii) Construction of frameworks enabling prompt referencing

(4) Cooperation with overseas investigation agencies, etc.

(5) Activities to gain public support

i) Development of a social atmosphere that does not allow construction of crime infrastructure

ii) Preparation and clarification of contacts for reporting to the police