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菲律賓警方逮捕了44名外國人專門騙中國人和台灣人的詐騙集團,該集團成員騙被害人說
他們的銀行帳號被洗錢集團或恐怖份子利用
42名台灣人和兩名中國人嫌犯於此行動中被逮;2012年菲律賓警方在一次逮捕行動中就抓
了380名詐騙集團成員,其中291名是台灣人,86名中國人和1名紐西蘭人
該44名嫌犯於 週三在Iloilo省兩處藏匿地被警方和境管人員逮捕,好幾台筆電,電話和其
他通訊器材也被沒收
警方的第一次突擊抓了23名台灣人,包括兩名女性,被抓時他們正在線上詐騙被害人,有三
名成員駕車逃跑至另一巢穴,警方接著到該處逮捕另外21名嫌犯,包括兩名中國人
菲當局還在考慮是否遺返台籍嫌犯回台接受司法制裁
該集團成員在鎖定中國或台灣的被害人後,會各別假裝是警察,檢察官或法院官員,打電話
給被害人,說他們的銀行帳戶被洗錢集團或是恐怖份子盜用,詐騙集團指定銀行帳號說是受
政府保護的帳號,要被害人把錢轉進去,以免被繼續盜用以及使被害人避免被起訴
許多被詐騙鉅款的受害人向中國和台灣當局報案,中國和台灣當局則提供菲方線索,使得此
案得以偵破
菲官員說這些集團成員一天可以賺進好幾百萬披索,但菲方未透露他們到底騙了多少錢
國際認證的台灣之光,遠勝22K,又是兩岸合作典範;
鄉民們怎麼看,應該遺返台灣?中國?還是?
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine police arrested 44 foreigners who
allegedly ran an online blackmail syndicate that defrauded victims in China
and Taiwan by duping them into believing that their bank accounts have been
used by money launderers or terrorists, police said Thursday.
The arrests of 42 Taiwanese and two Chinese suspects are the latest success
scored by a Philippine government crackdown with help from Interpol and
foreign governments but they also show how cybercrime groups have continued
to flourish in the Philippines. In 2012, Philippine police arrested 380
suspected members of a blackmail syndicate, including 291 Taiwanese, 86
Chinese and a new Zealander in the largest number of single-day arrests in a
crackdown on online fraud.
In May, Philippine police officials reported that they have arrested, with
Interpol's help, at least 58 Filipino suspects who duped hundreds of victims
worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams or engaging in lewd
chats, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being
blackmailed.
The Philippines has been trying to build a capability to deal with the
cybercrimes but police say more have to be done, including strengthening
legislation.
"In the past, criminals only used guns," Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa
of the national police's Anti-Cybercrime Group said. "Now their weapons are
computers, wireless phones and all sorts of telecommunications devices."
"It takes time, but we'll get to them with better technology and help from
foreign counterparts," he said.
The 44 latest suspects were arrested in two hideouts in central Iloilo
province Wednesday by police and immigration agents. Several laptop
computers, telephone sets and other telecommunications devices used by the
syndicate were confiscated, police officials said.
An initial police raid in one hideout led to the arrest of 23 Taiwanese,
including two women, who were caught while engaging some victims online.
Three unidentified syndicate members, however, fled by car to another
hideout, where police arrested 21 other suspects, including two Chinese, Sosa
said.
Sosa said that authorities were considering whether to deport the Taiwanese
suspects to face criminal charges at home.
After identifying potential victims in China or Taiwan, syndicate members,
who pretend to be police, prosecutors and court officials separately call and
tell them that their bank accounts have been found to have been used by money
launderers or even terrorists. The victims are then convinced to transfer
their money to a purportedly government-secured bank account for safety and
for them to avoid prosecution, Sosa said.
Many victims, who have been defrauded of large amounts of money, have
reported the crime to Chinese and Taiwanese authorities, who tipped off their
Philippine counterparts and helped track down the syndicate in Iloilo city,
about 430 kilometers (265 miles) southeast of Manila, according to Sosa.
He said the syndicate members could earn millions of pesos a day, but he
didn't reveal how much might have been stolen overall.
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