Fight against international fraud crimes Nanshi Guantuan Bureau Police Department and travel industry advocates to prevent overseas job-hunting fraud | 2022/08/17 |
Recently, there have been numerous cases of Chinese people being lured to Cambodia to engage in illegal or unsatisfactory jobs due to high-paying online advertisements, which have been classified as major special criminal cases by the government. According to the statistics of the Criminal Bureau, so far this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported cases and police report records, there are 330 cases of Chinese nationals missing or suspected of being imprisoned in Cambodia, and the number will continue to rise as the police investigate. In this regard, Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe expressed great importance. At present, there are still many people in Tainan who have not returned to Taiwan safely, or even lost contact. In order to prevent similar international fraud cases from happening again, Mayor Huang Weizhe specially instructed the labor, social, education and other bureaus. The department strengthens publicity to prevent young people from being trafficked to Southeast Asian countries for job hunting, and also instructs the Tourism and Tourism Bureau, together with the police station, to appeal to the travel operators within its jurisdiction, reminding the operators not to become accomplices of human trafficking and fraud criminal organizations. Take precautions, avoid unfortunate incidents, and help citizens return home safely. In order to prevent the recurrence of international fraud, the Tourism and Tourism Bureau of the Tainan City Government held the "International Fraud Prevention Travel Agency Promotion Conference" on the 17th. Cai Chenghong, chairman of the Tainan Travel Business Association, jointly promoted the prevention of international fraud to the travel operators in the area. Director Guo Zhenhui of the Tourism Bureau of Tainan City Government stated that since many people will book air tickets through travel agencies, in order to prevent the future, prevent the recurrence of international fraud, and protect the personal safety of passengers, the Tourism Bureau and Tainan City Travel Business Association jointly appeal to the front line Travel operators who are qualified to assist in checking, pay attention to whether there are suspicious illegal solicitations, passport bookings and visas. Travel operators can call 110 at any time or report the case to the local police station. In addition, travel operators are also requested to assist in propagating to travelers who apply for passports, visas and purchase foreign air tickets. Online high-paying invitations to work in Cambodia and other countries or overseas job invitations made by acquaintances are mostly human trafficking traps, and entry into Cambodia and other countries will be controlled. Personal freedom, if you do not comply, you may be subject to violence, and nearly 90% of the people who went to Cambodia for work have disappeared. The Tourism Bureau and the travel industry jointly appeal to the people who go to Cambodia and other countries to pay attention to their own safety and do not go there. It is hoped that through the checks of government units and front-line tourism operators, the public will be prevented from falling into the job-seeking trap and the personal safety of the public will be protected. Director Fang Yangning of the Tainan City Government Police Department said that at present, the Tainan City Police Department has successively received many cases of Cambodian migrant workers seeking help. The Tainan City Government Police Department fully supports the Criminal Police Department to strengthen prevention and investigation strategies, and cooperates with various city government bureaus and civil society associations. Jointly strengthen publicity to prevent the recurrence of deception and victimization. Since many people go to the Congress to buy air tickets through travel agencies, this time, together with the Tourism Bureau and the private associations, we will promote the prevention of international fraud to the front-line travel industry. If the industry or the public encounters suspected job seekers going to Southeast Asia, please take the initiative In the form of 110 reporting, the police unit will be notified to send personnel to intervene in understanding, caring and dissuading. The police will also cooperate with central-level resources to filter potential victims, especially for people between the ages of 16 and 45 who are going abroad to work, study or travel. Caring for investigations and collecting relevant information. In addition, I also thank the Travel Association for its suggestion to provide promotional slogans and ask travel agencies to post them at the gates or prominent locations to strengthen publicity, and select residential areas or apartment buildings to post promotional slogans to reduce public harm. risk, and prevent similar international frauds from happening again and again. In order to raise the vigilance of tourism operators and prevent the public from being lured by criminal groups to engage in illegal work or travel overseas, which may endanger personal freedom and safety, the Tourism Bureau, together with the Tainan City Travel Business Association, has produced a promotion for the travel industry to assist in combating illegal recruitment of overseas workers. The questionnaire is used to connect with first-line tourism operators to understand the situation of people going to work in Southeast Asia and other countries. In addition, in order to raise the awareness of the public across the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up an "Overseas Job Search Trap Promotion Zone" on the "Global Information Network", which collects press releases and explanations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant competent authorities, actual cases in recent years, and contact information for information and assistance. It is hoped that through a series of publicity measures, the public's awareness of self-protection will be strengthened and the trap of overseas job hunting will be strictly prevented. |