5 Bankruptcy-related offenses

  Fig. 1-3-2-10 shows the numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices over the last 10 years for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auctions (including collusion for the purpose of preventing a fair determination of price or acquiring a wrongful gain, hereinafter the same in this sub-section), and violations of the Bankruptcy Act (Act No. 75 of 2004, Act No. 71 of 1922 before abolition under Act No. 75 of 2004 for up to December 2004).

Fig. 1-3-2-10  Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auctions, and Bankruptcy Act violations (1998–2007)

  Table 1-3-2-11 shows the numbers of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted by public prosecutors over the last five years for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auctions (including collusion for the purpose of preventing a fair determination of price or acquiring a wrongful gain), and Bankruptcy Act violations.
  In 2007, no one prosecuted was indicted and two persons were put on summary trial procedures for obstruction of compulsory execution. A total of 85 persons prosecuted (including 34 persons for collusion) were indicted and 113 (including 82 persons for collusion) were put on summary trial procedures for the obstruction of auctions. One person prosecuted was indicted and no one was put on summary trial procedures for Bankruptcy Act violations (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution).

Table 1-3-2-11  Number of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for obstruction of compulsory execution, obstruction of auctions, and Bankruptcy Act violations (2003–2007)