Mokpo Coast Guard's Special Crackdown on Crimes Affecting Livelihoods During Chuseok Holiday

Focused Crackdown on Illegal Fishing, Theft, and Advance Payment Fraud to Stabilize the Ordinary Economy

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced that it will conduct a special crackdown on crimes infringing on people's livelihood for about three weeks from the 6th to the 24th, anticipating an increase in seafood distribution ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

The main targets of the crackdown include illegal fishing activities such as violations of fishing zones and use of fishing gear without permission, intrusion and theft in village fishing grounds, fish farms, and vessels, ignoring demands for disembarkation of long-term fishing vessel crew members, human rights violations such as forced boarding, and advance payment fraud exploiting the shortage of crew recruitment.

Mokpo Maritime Police plans to strengthen criminal activities intensively during vulnerable hours at local ports and harbors by mobilizing available forces such as affiliated police station water and criminal investigation units and police boxes, and to conduct simultaneous crackdowns on sea and land by deploying criminal patrol boats in vulnerable waters around village fishing grounds and fish farms.

In addition, to enhance the effectiveness of the crackdown, they will share information with the National Fisheries Products Quality Management Service and conduct joint crackdowns on offenders involved in origin violations and processing and distribution of substandard food products.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official said, "We will intensively crack down on habitual and chronic crimes that harm the livelihoods of ordinary people during the Chuseok holiday," adding, "For minor or livelihood-related crimes, we will also consider reasons for leniency and carry out guidance and warnings concurrently."

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