<기사제목>Police Agency to Operate Special Voluntary Surrender and Reporting Period for Phone Financial Fraud Starting Tomorrow

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The police are operating a voluntary surrender period for those involved in telephone financial fraud criminal organizations.

The National Police Agency announced on the 7th that it will implement a "Special Voluntary Surrender and Reporting Period for Telephone Financial Fraud" for two months from the 8th to August 7th. The police explained that this special surrender and reporting period, which was a collaboration with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the Financial Supervisory Service last year, will also include the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Customs Service this year.

The targets for surrender and reporting include the entire criminal organization, from the masterminds and middle managers of telephone financial fraud to the lower-level members such as cash collectors and relay device managers. The police plan to consider mitigating circumstances to allow simple participants to receive reduced or exempted sentences under the Criminal Procedure Act and to conduct investigations without detention. Last year, during the special surrender and reporting period, the police arrested 148 members of telephone financial fraud criminal organizations, of whom 11 were detained.

Voluntary surrender or tips can be made by appearing in person at police stations or prosecutors' offices nationwide or through written submissions. A police official stated, "Since many citizens suffer serious damage, including victims of telephone financial fraud taking extreme measures, once the special surrender and reporting period ends, all crimes will be strictly punished with zero tolerance."

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