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◆ China Times, 2022-8-15  editorial:  National team of scams/fraud -   in recent 20 years, Taiwanese set up computer telecommunication Facilities around the world for scams and fraud, so that Taiwan's name "island of Fraud or scams" (「詐騙之島」)  goes worldwide，Taiwanese government's cross-border cooperation and law amending was too slow to catch up criminals' updated tech. and ongoing tricks refurbishment; the victims include  ranking officials, the rich & famous  ... Cross-border scams involve human-trafficking groups, gangs, government, diplomacy etc complicated factors ... Taiwanese government covering bad news made things more difficult.  Taiwanese people being lured by high pay to Cambodia and then being suffered from trafficking in human organs arise concerns. chinatimes.com/opinion/20220814003040-262101?chdtv

◆  United Daily(聯合報), editorial, 2022-7-24  :  「Taiwan's social security is always stable」- Taiwanese government's tricky slogan  - not only celebrity kept encountering fraud, almost every citizen got fraud phone or messages,  the government declared establishing a "fighting fraud" national team (「打詐國家隊」) which is as empty as "drugs zero-tolerance" slogan by Tsai administration.    udn.com/news/story/7338/6483566?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2

◆ Diplomat , 2022-8-16:   Taiwanese authorities fear thousands of Taiwanese have been trafficked into the Southeast Asian country and forced to work for criminal syndicates... Cambodia are rife of enslavement, beatings, torture, and being resold.  thediplomat.com/2022/08/taiwan-frets-for-thousands-trafficked-into-cambodia/  
◆ FocusTaiwan, 2022-8-8, 2022-8-9:  Thousands of Taiwanese lured to Cambodia by the promise of high-paying jobs may be stuck there as victims of human trafficking, according to an estimate by the National Police Agency (NPA)... a series of reports of Taiwanese going to Cambodia on promises of jobs paying NT$70,000 (US$2,350) to NT$200,000 a month and later being subject to abuse...If an employee refused to work or performed poorly, managers would punish them with beatings or even electric shocks from a taser。  focustaiwan.tw/society/202208080026    focustaiwan.tw/society/202208090016

◆  FTV News (民視新聞), 2022-8-9:  youtube.com/watch?v=iZXseYVxt3A

◆  Taipei Times, 2022-6-11: Romance scams thrive in Taiwan /    From cliched schemes to elaborate setups, online romance scams continue to grow, with over 1,000 reported victims losing more than NT$400 million last year.  With today’s technology, scammers don’t need to directly ask for money. All they need is personal information.  “The trickiest part of dating fraud is that through [daily interaction], the victims have already invested much time, emotion and other sunk costs.  taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2022/06/11/2003779700

◆  United Daily, editorial, 2022-1-1:  Taiwanese fraud/scams group open 24 hours all year round.  udn.com/news/story/7338/6001966?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2

◆  United Daily (經濟日報), editorial, 2022-4-11: When the senior citizens look for comprehensive financial planning of their retirement pension or  wealth, they often encounter situations such as solicitation and fraud by CRM (Bank Customer Relationship Manager(理專) ) or CB WM (Consumer Banking Wealth Management staffs)  , false advertisements of financial products, and insurance exploitation, which bring great risks to  them, and  lead to unnecessary instability in the society  udn.com/news/story/7338/6229227?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub7338_pulldownmenu_v2

◆  Taipei Times, 2021-11-28:  Taiwanese-led fraud operation busted in Turkey    taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/11/28/2003768638

◆  Scientific Reports Journal, Food Navigator Asia, 2-9-2021: Fish fraud findings: Almost 20% of fish in Taiwan found to be mislabelled - study. https://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Article/2021/02/09/Fish-fraud-findings-Almost-20-of-fish-in-Taiwan-found-to-be-mislabelled-study  Nature,  12-15-2020: The rates and consequences of seafood substitution frauds in Taiwan were elusive.  Snapper, cod and surimi products are particularly vulnerable to fraudulent substitutions. The high abundance of Pseudomonas in tilapia sashimi mislabeled as snapper unveils a potential health issue pertaining to the consumption of raw mislabeled seafood.  Seafood substitution is a fraud in which the fish is sold by the name of a different, often more expensive fish.  modern seafood products often appear in the form of fish pieces, filets or even ready-to-eat meals instead of whole fishes. The food processing technologies can also change the original color and luster of the meat. The lack of identifiable features poses challenges in verifying label information by the look, touch and feel of the products https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79070-y

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◆  United Daily, editorial, 2021-4-28:  Vice Chairperson (翁柏宗) of Taiwanese government's National Communications Commission （ＮＣＣ, Executive Yuan）was fooled by scam phone and handed in NT$  3.58 millions (about USD120 thousands) to fake prosecutor and policeman. udn.com/news/story/7338/5415649

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◆  Reuters, DW (Germany), 12-31-2020: Chinese court sentences 29 Taiwanese deported from Spain / In recent years, hundreds of Taiwanese nationals, suspected of committing telecoms fraud overseas, have been deported to China instead of their home territory.  Beijing maintains that the Taiwanese nationals are accused of defrauding Chinese people and should be tried in its courts.  Beijing says it has incurred huge financial losses as a result of telecom fraud, with callers often impersonating law enforcement officials and preying on the elderly, students or the unemployed.  brief www.dw.com/en/chinese-court-sentences-29-taiwanese-deported-from-spain/a-56103248
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◆  Country Reports on Human Rights practices, USA , 3-11-2020:  Some political commentators and academics,  publicly questioned the impartiality of judges and prosecutors involved in high profile, politically sensitive cases. Judicial reform advocates pressed for greater public accountability, reforms of the personnel system, and other procedural improvements ; 

◆ Country Reports on Human Rights practices, USA, 3-13-2019:  "justice ministry was insufficiently independent and conducted politically motivated investigations of politicians. "

◆ CTS TV news, 7-10-2019:  public trust on Taiwan's judges is about 20%, only 32% are satisfied with prosecutors.  The United Daily,  2-26-2019:  National Chung Cheng university's survey shows that Judicial reform failed to satisfy more than 80% Taiwanese , the public trust on Taiwan judiciary is down to about 20%.  

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