Table 1-1-2-9 shows the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Anti-organized Crime Act over the last five years.

Table 1-1-2-9  Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Anti-Organized Crime Act (2002-2006)

  Table 1-1-2-10 shows the application of the provisions of confiscation and collection of a sum of equivalent value of the Anti-organized Crime Act in the court of first instance over the last five years.
  The persons to whom the provisions were applied and the amount of money confiscated or collected have both been on an upward trend.

Table 1-1-2-10  Application of the provisions of confiscation and collection of a sum of equivalent value of the Anti-Organized Crime Act in the court of first instance (2002-2006)

  Moreover, in regard to organized crimes, the Bill on Partial Amendment to the Penal Code and Other Acts in Response to Globalizing and Systematized Crimes and Advanced Information Processing was introduced to the 163rd session of the Diet, and through the 164^th, 165^th, 166^th and 167^th sessions, it is under continuous deliberation at the 168^th session of the Diet.
  Considering the recent situation concerning globalizing and systematized crimes and advanced information processing, this Bill contains the following: (1) in order to conclude the U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, conspiracy of organized crimes and bribery for witnesses, etc. shall be newly specified as criminal offenses, and regulations concerning crime proceeds shall be developed including the expansion of the scope of crime subject to confiscation or collection of the corresponding value to be confiscated (2) in order to appropriately deal with such offenses as malicious and persisting obstruction of compulsory execution committed in an organized manner, legislation shall be developed, such as expanding the scope of acts of obstructing compulsory execution to be punished and raising statutory penalties for such acts; and (3) in order to deal with high-tech crimes and conclude the Convention on Cybercrime, penal regulations for creation of electromagnetic records of unauthorized commands (computer virus) and regulations for procedures to collect evidence on recording media pertaining electromagnetic records shall be developed.