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 White paper on crime 2006 Part 1/Chapter 3/Section 3/1 

Section 3  High-Technology Offenses

1 Trends in High-Technology Offenses

  Table 1-3-3-1 shows the number of cases cleared for offenses involving computers or electromagnetic records (referring to computer fraud, unauthorized creation and damaging of electromagnetic records, and obstruction of business by damaging a computer) over the last five years.
  The number of cleared cases has generally been on a rise after a decline in 2002, with computer fraud accounting for the largest portion every year.

Table 1-3-3-1  Number of cases cleared for offenses involving computers or electromagnetic records (2001-2005)

  Table 1-3-3-2 shows the number of cases cleared for offenses using cyber network (referring to fraud using the Internet, child prostitution cases, and other offenses using cyber network) over the last five years.
  The total number of cleared cases has continued to increase for the last five years, and in particular, the number increased by nearly 1.5 times from the previous year in 2005. The number of cleared cases for fraud increased significantly by nearly 2.6 times from the previous year, and offenses using internet auctions were large in number (Source: The Community Safety Bureau, National Police Agency).

Table 1-3-3-2  Number of cases cleared for offenses using cyber network (2001-2005)

  Table 1-3-3-3 shows the number of cases cleared for violations of the Unauthorized Computer Access Act over the last five years.
  The number of cleared cases nearly doubled from the previous year, marking a record high since the Act was enforced in 2000.

Table 1-3-3-3  Number of cases cleared for Unauthorized Computer Access Act violations (2001-2005)

  Table 1-3-3-4 shows the numbers of cases reported and cleared for offenses of unauthorized creation of an electromagnetic record of payment card over the last four years.
  The numbers of cases reported and cleared both increased from 2002 to 2004, but decreased slightly in 2005.

Table 1-3-3-4  Numbers of cases reported and cleared for offenses of unauthorized creation of an electromagnetic record of payment card (2002-2005)