Economic crime cases ferreted out in 2016 account for the lowest case number for past ten years

　According to the announcement of the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, the police had cracked down on a total of 7,203 economic crime cases throughout 2016, which represents 1,225 cases fewer than those committed in 2015, a drop by 14.5% in a year and also the lowest number for the past ten years.  Among the 7,203 cases, IPR infringement cases accounted for 4,946 cases (around 68.7%) and financial regulation violations, 1,286 cases (around 17.9%).  There was a significant decrease by 40% in a year in the number of cases involving financial regulation violation, the statistics of the National Police Agency under the Ministry of the Interior showed. 

　The economic crime cases of 2016 involved a total value of TWD24.94 billion, down TWD4.67 billion, a 15.8% fall compared with that in 2015.  The value involved in the IPR infringement cases is TWD14.48 billion (around 58.1%), which represents the most value involved in economic crime cases and a drastic drop of TWD5.03 billion (around 25.8%) in a year, while the cases of financial regulation violation involved the value of TWD10.1 billion (around 40.4%), up by TWD0.77 billion compared with that in 2015. 
　
　In addition, among the IPR infringement cases ferreted out in 2016, trademark infringement cases accounted for 2,642 cases (53.4%), down by 5.8% from 2015, and 2,200 out of 2,642 cases were those involving foreign elements (83.3%).  Also, the cases of copyright infringement numbered 2,304 (46.6%), which represents an increase by 4.3% compared with that in 2015, and most of them are local cases without involving foreign elements (81.8%).  (July 2017)  
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