Fig. 1-1-5-4 shows the trends in the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law, and Securities and Exchange Law violations over the last decade.

Fig. 1-1-5-4 Trends in the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law, and Securities and Exchange Law violations (1992-2001)

  In 2001, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission charged 4 cases (12 persons) of Securities and Exchange Law violations. More specifically, 2 of them (4 persons) were charged with manipulations of market, 1 case (8 persons) for a false statement in the securities report, etc., and 1 case (1 person) for insider trading (Source: Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission).
  In 2001, the Fair Trade Commission charged nobody with Anti-Trust Law violations.
   Table 1-1-5-5 shows the trends in the number of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted by Public prosecutors offices over the last 5 years for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law and Securities and Exchange Law violations.
  In 2001, among those prosecuted, formal trials were requested for 30 persons and summary orders were requested for 2 persons for Commercial Code violations. As for Securities and Exchange Law violations, formal trials were requested for 4 persons and a summary order was requested for 1 person.
  For terms of imprisonment with labor sentenced in the ordinary first instance during the 5-year period from 1997 to 2001, see Appendix 1-7 .

Table 1-1-5-5 Numbers of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for Commercial Code, Anti-Trust Law, and Securities and Exchange Law violations (1997-2001)