Table 3-1-3-1 shows the number of visiting foreign nationals newly received by public prosecutors, by nationality for criminal cases (excluding negligence in the pursuit of social activities in traffic accidents and violations of road traffic related acts), over the last three years.
  Persons with nationality, etc. of the Asian regions continued to account for more than 80% for these three years. In 2005, the number was largest for those from China, followed by those from South/North Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, and Thailand.

Table 3-1-3-1  Number of visiting foreign nationals newly received by public prosecutors for criminal cases by nationality, etc. (2003-2005)

  Fig. 3-1-3-2 shows the number of visiting foreign nationals finally disposed by public prosecutors for criminal cases (excluding negligence in the pursuit of social activities in traffic accidents and violations of road traffic related acts; hereinafter the same in this Section) over the last 10 years.

Fig. 3-1-3-2  Number of visiting foreign nationals finally disposed by public prosecutors for criminal cases (1996-2005)

  Table 3-1-3-3 shows the number of visiting foreign nationals finally disposed by public prosecutors, by type of offense, for criminal cases over the last three years.
  In 2005, visiting foreign nationals who were finally disposed for criminal cases accounted for 5.2% of the total disposed persons (484,444 persons) (excluding negligence in the pursuit of social activities in traffic accidents and violations of road traffic related acts; hereinafter the same in this Section) and 78.6% of total foreign nationals finally disposed (31,781 persons) (excluding negligence in the pursuit of social activities in traffic accidents and violations of road traffic related acts; hereinafter the same in this Section). By type of offense, of non-traffic penal code offenses, theft had the largest share, followed by injury (including assault and unlawful assembly with weapons) and embezzlement (including embezzlement of lost property). Of special act offenses, Immigration Control Act violations had the largest share, followed by Stimulants Control Act violations, Cannabis Control Act violations, and Anti-Prostitution Act violations.
  The prosecution rate of criminal cases committed by visiting foreign nationals in 2005 was about 20 points higher than that of the total disposed persons (46.8%) for non-traffic penal code offenses, and was about 15 points lower than that of the total disposed persons (66.1%) for special act offenses.

Table 3-1-3-3  Number of foreign nationals finally disposed by public prosecutors for criminal cases, by type of offense (2005)