Approximately 600 "vehicle inspection marks" counterfeit or arrested Vietnamese man Aichi Prefectural Police October 21 20:07

A 31-year-old Vietnamese man living in Ibaraki Prefecture was arrested by the Aichi Prefectural Police for forging the mark of the vehicle inspection.

It is estimated that about 600 marks were forged by the man, and they were sold to Vietnamese living in Japan on SNS, so the police thought that they were also involved in Vietnamese criminal groups, etc. We are.

The person arrested was a Vietnamese, unemployed Dang Van Lam (31) living in Ibaraki prefecture.



According to police, Do is suspected of violating the Road Transport Vehicle Law, alleging that he forged the vehicle inspection mark using a copy machine from May to June.



According to police, the number of scrutineering marks forged by De is estimated to be about 600, and the marks were sold through his Facebook page, which was connected to about 4,000 Vietnamese living in Japan.



Suspect Do wrote "extended vehicle inspection" and solicited purchasers, and sold about 3.6 million yen.



It means that he admits the suspicion to the investigation.



The police are proceeding with the elucidation of the actual situation, assuming that the forged mark was spread to Vietnamese criminal groups.

The number of Vietnamese arrested is the highest by country

According to the National Police Agency, there were 17,260 crimes committed by foreigners visiting Japan arrested by police nationwide last year, of which 6040 were Vietnamese, accounting for 35% of the total.



It has more than tripled compared to 10 years ago, the highest number by country.



In addition, the number of crimes cleared by Vietnamese in the six months to June was 2,994, the highest by country.



According to the National Police Agency, thieves accounted for 80% of the criminal offenses committed by Vietnamese last year, and it is characteristic that groups drive to drug stores and supermarkets and shoplift cosmetics in large quantities.

What is a Vietnamese community site?

De was selling a forged vehicle inspection mark through his Facebook page.



According to Associate Professor Yoshihisa Saito of Kobe University Graduate School, who is familiar with the problems of Vietnamese visiting Japan, there are many Vietnamese community sites by Vietnamese living in Japan, which are used for exchanging information such as daily life information and job introductions. It means that it has been broken.



Some community sites have tens of thousands of people participating.



Associate Professor Saito points out the strength of the connection, saying, "The characteristic of Vietnam is that I really trust the connection I found and that I met directly. It's sympathy, or trusting each other."



On the other hand, there are cases where these SNS community sites are misused for illegal sales such as car inspection marks that are believed to have been forged.



One of the Vietnamese community sites living in Japan posted a photo of a car inspection mark that seems to have been forged, and in Vietnamese, "For illegal residents. Long-term car inspection sticker, 3000 yen. Received. It is written as "from the price transfer".



In addition, license plates etc. are sold, and police think that the community site is used for illegal buying and selling.