Police say a recent investigation by the Criminal Investigation Bureau found
that 242 Taiwanese with ties to criminal gangs were living in Cambodia and
Myanmar who may have been involved in human trafficking operations that
targeted Taiwanese.

National Police Agency Director-General Huang Ming-chao says the finding
about the overseas Taiwanese led the police to believe that local gangs have
been involved in human trafficking that have lured Taiwanese to
Cambodia-based fraud rings.

The findings prompted the police to launch a nationwide operation against
gangs from Aug. 20 to Sep. 2.

Huang says police rounded up 43 gang members who were involved locally in
overseas human trafficking incidents.

In addition, 234 gang members from the Bamboo Union, the Tiendaomeng, and the
Four Seas Gang were also arrested during the crackdown, which was also aimed
at improving public security before the nationwide local elections in
November and cracking down on illegal possession of firearms.

(NS)