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Investigation Departments: Taiwan Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office
International Criminal Affairs Division of Criminal Investigation Bureau
Dayuan Precinct of Taoyuan Police Department

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Time of Seizure: September 24, 2025

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Location of Seizure: Dayuan District, Taoyuan City

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Suspects: Fan ○○ (male, born in 2004)

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Stolen property and evidence seized: None

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Case Summary:

(一)

To enhance cross-border law enforcement capabilities, the Criminal Investigation Bureau(CIB) continues to host professional training programs for cross-border law enforcement personnel and to enhance cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. CIB has also actively developed bilateral and multilateral partnerships through concrete actions such as joint efforts in apprehending fugitives. CIB’s Vietnam Liaison Office collaborated with Vietnamese law enforcement agencies on numerous occasions in September 2025 to have nine fugitives arrested, which was quite a remarkable achievement, of which, the arrest of a suspected human trafficking ring leader, Suspect Fan, was most impressive.

(二)

Suspect Fan has been involved in human trafficking crimes since 2022,serving as a recruiting cadre at a fraud ring in Cambodia for years. He advertised fictitious high-paying and low-laboring jobs on social media to lure victims to Cambodia to engage in telecom fraud and human trafficking. Once inside the scam compound, the victims would be placed under his supervision. Suspect Fan beat or tortured the insubordinates, forced them to do push-ups, carry heavy buckets, and subjected them to many abusive treatments. Even pregnant victims were subjected to inhumane treatment. In addition, several victims who attempted to escape were forced to pay “ransoms” more or less than NT$150,000. Several victims who were rescued and returned to Taiwan testified against Fan for the crimes he committed. Since Suspect Fan fled overseas, he is wanted by five district prosecutors’ offices for human trafficking and related offenses.

(三)

CIB successfully cracked down the Inward Resource Group Limited to which Suspect Fan belonged and arrested his accomplices in Taiwan in 2023. However, Suspect Fan remained a fugitive at large,hiding in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. He collaborated with Chinese gangs to form a human trafficking ring and continued to engage in cross-border crimes. Finally, the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’Office, the CIB, and the Vietnam Liaison Office continued to investigate, through international law enforcement cooperation and the real-time intelligence sharing and finally apprehended Suspect Fan by the Vietnamese police. Suspect Fan was then escorted back to Taiwan by the officers from International Criminal Affairs Division of CIB and the Vietnam Liaison Office. The Taoyuan District Court ordered his detention after further interrogation by prosecutors and police marking a significant step in suppressing human trafficking rings.

(四)

CIB reminds the citizens not to trust online job postings or recommendations of high-paying jobs in Southeast Asia from unknown sources. Take initiative to verify the authenticity of job postings to avoid falling prey to overseas job scams. Those with questions may call the 165 anti-fraud hotline or visit the “Overseas Scams” section on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ official website. Information on various cases is compiled in this section, emergency contact numbers for overseas assistance and the Taiwan Emergency Contact hotline (0800-085-095) are also provided to ensure timely assistance.